Koonawara sisters
animal_ally sky Aboriginal people of south-eastern Australia single tradition · 1
The Koonawara sisters are two black swan spirits in Australian Aboriginal mythology. Loo-errn decided to follow them to try and kill them to eat after a black swan feather alerted him to their presence. When Loo-errn cursed them, they were turned into nasty beings and he chased them across the sky.
When
- Historical notes
- Part of living oral tradition spanning from Coorong to Wilsons Promontory.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Loo-errn
- manifests as
- black swans
- co occurs with
- Lo-an-tuka
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“a black swan feather fell from the sky and alerted Looern to the presence of the two Koonawara sisters (black swans) whom he decided to follow to try and kill to eat”
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