Swamp Hawk
animal_ally earth Australian Aboriginal mythology single tradition · 1
Swamp Hawk is a bird who appears in a legend with Crow. Crow tricked Swamp Hawk with echidna quills, which grew into Swamp Hawk's feet. Swamp Hawk was pleased with this as he found he was now able to catch rats more easily.
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Relationships
- allied with
- Crow
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In another legend, Crow was travelling down the Murray River when he met Swamp Hawk. Deciding to play a trick on the other bird, he planted echidna quills in the deserted nest of a kangaroo rat and enticed Swamp Hawk to jump on them.”
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