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IN TERMS OF HUMAN lifestyle, the continent of Australia at the time of European
contact was dominated by the hunting and foraging mode of subsistence (the
Torres Strait Islands, though within the national boundaries of Australia, are more
...
IN TERMS OF HUMAN lifestyle, the continent of Australia at the time of European
contact was dominated by the hunting and foraging mode of subsistence (the
Torres Strait Islands, though within the national boundaries of Australia, are more
...
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the coast of eastern Australia. Throughout Australia, the Rainbow Serpent is an
important figure and motif in myth. The serpent is usually of immense size and
lives in deep waterholes. The Rainbow Serpent appears in many guises
throughout ...
the coast of eastern Australia. Throughout Australia, the Rainbow Serpent is an
important figure and motif in myth. The serpent is usually of immense size and
lives in deep waterholes. The Rainbow Serpent appears in many guises
throughout ...
Page 239
More recently, anthropologists have also discovered the previously unreported
existence of parallel domains of women's religious knowledge in central and
south Australia. This knowledge is described as exclusively the right of women to
...
More recently, anthropologists have also discovered the previously unreported
existence of parallel domains of women's religious knowledge in central and
south Australia. This knowledge is described as exclusively the right of women to
...
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Introduction | 5 |
India and Australia 229 | 141 |
Greece and Rome 51 Tibet and Africa | 161 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World mythology |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dempsey Parr, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1840844515, 9781840844511 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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