Thara
Thara is the quail hawk, one of two helpers of Bunjil the eaglehawk in Kulin mythology. Along with Djurt-djurt, Thara was sent by Bunjil to set fire to Balayang's country, which scorched Balayang and his family and turned them permanently black.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Oral storytelling tradition.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kunnawarra, Kururuk, Kurok-goru, Palian, Djart-djart, Yukope, Lar-guk, Walert, Yurran, Crow, Karatgurk, Binbeal, Waang
- serves
- Bunjil
- allied with
- Djurt-djurt
- enemy of
- Balayang
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Bunjil, who sent his two helpers, Djurt-djurt the nankeen kestrel and Thara the quail hawk, after Balayang. They set fire to the bat's country and Balayang and his family were scorched and turned permanently black.”
#31486 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“He is assisted by six wirmums or shamans who represent the clans of the Eaglehawk moiety: Djart-djart the nankeen kestrel, Thara the quail hawk, Yukope the parakeet, Lar-guk the parrot, Walert the brushtail possum and Yurran the gliding possum.”
#31513 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The din frightened Crow and at last he flung several live coals at the crowd. Kurok-goru the fire-tailed finch picked up some of the coals and hid them behind his back, which is why to this day firefinches have red tails. The rest were gathered up by Bunjil's shaman helpers, Djurt-djurt the nankeen kestrel and Thara the quail hawk.”
#31527 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001