- Perfect Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (31 May 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140120726
- ISBN-13: 978-0140120721
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.8 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,561,451 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The speaking land is an anthology of almost 200 myth from a number of different aboriginal cultures. The stories are a major contribution to the development and recognition of an aboriginal traditional literature. The stories are grouped around themes such as snakes and rainbows, breaking the rules, stories of origins, eroticism and the clash of aboriginal and western cultures. None of the stories are of a secret-sacred nature.
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A little boring
22 Jun 2001
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This book has loads of Aboriginal myths but is dry and boring at times. I did find lots of stories concerning the Aboriginal Rainbow Snake which is what I was particularly interested in. However, the book seems to have been written mostly for hard-core anthropologists and not for the regular layperson. I reccomend it if you're doing intense research into Abo myths.
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