Add to ORKGWe present a comprehensive analysis of Australian Aboriginal accounts of meteors. The data used were taken from anthropological and ethnographic literature describing oral traditions, ceremonies, and Dreamings of 97 Aboriginal groups representing all states of modern Australia. This revealed common themes in the way meteors were viewed between Aboriginal groups, focusing on supernatural events, death, omens, and war. The presence of such themes around Australia was probably due to the unpredictable nature of meteors in an otherwise well-ordered cosmos
The bibliography lists published works relating to Aboriginal stories which have been labelled by no...
We explore about fifty different Australian Aboriginal accounts of lunar and solar eclipses to deter...
For more than 50,000 years, Indigenous Australians have incorporated celestial events into their ora...
We present a comprehensive analysis of Australian Aboriginal accounts of meteors. The data used were...
This research contributes to the disciplines of cultural astronomy (the academic study of how past a...
We present 25 accounts of comets from 40 Australian Aboriginal communities, citing both supernatural...
The night sky played an important role in the social structure, oral traditions, and cosmology of th...
Descriptions of cosmic impacts and meteorite falls are found throughout Australian Aboriginal oral t...
Abstract: Transient celestial phenomena feature prominently in the astronomical knowledge and tradit...
The traditional cultures of Aboriginal Australians include a significant astronomical component, whi...
The traditional cultures of Aboriginal Australians include a significant astronomical component, whi...
We review the literature for perceptions of meteors in the Maori culture of Aotearoa or New Zealand....
According to the Australian Aborigines, the topography of aboriginal Australia evolved from the trav...
The traditional cultures of Aboriginal Australians include a significant astronomical component, per...
The paper’s aim is to reconsider mechanisms of change in mythical content within Australian Aborigin...
The bibliography lists published works relating to Aboriginal stories which have been labelled by no...
We explore about fifty different Australian Aboriginal accounts of lunar and solar eclipses to deter...
For more than 50,000 years, Indigenous Australians have incorporated celestial events into their ora...
We present a comprehensive analysis of Australian Aboriginal accounts of meteors. The data used were...
This research contributes to the disciplines of cultural astronomy (the academic study of how past a...
We present 25 accounts of comets from 40 Australian Aboriginal communities, citing both supernatural...
The night sky played an important role in the social structure, oral traditions, and cosmology of th...
Descriptions of cosmic impacts and meteorite falls are found throughout Australian Aboriginal oral t...
Abstract: Transient celestial phenomena feature prominently in the astronomical knowledge and tradit...
The traditional cultures of Aboriginal Australians include a significant astronomical component, whi...
The traditional cultures of Aboriginal Australians include a significant astronomical component, whi...
We review the literature for perceptions of meteors in the Maori culture of Aotearoa or New Zealand....
According to the Australian Aborigines, the topography of aboriginal Australia evolved from the trav...
The traditional cultures of Aboriginal Australians include a significant astronomical component, per...
The paper’s aim is to reconsider mechanisms of change in mythical content within Australian Aborigin...
The bibliography lists published works relating to Aboriginal stories which have been labelled by no...
We explore about fifty different Australian Aboriginal accounts of lunar and solar eclipses to deter...
For more than 50,000 years, Indigenous Australians have incorporated celestial events into their ora...