1959, Mawalan Marika, Djan'kawu Creation Story 1 -- American University Museum (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the museum label:
"The Djan'kawu-two sisters and a brother-came from the spirit world Burralku in a dugout canoe. Their paddle was named Mawalan. And as they paddled, they punched the water with the Mawalan and spring water came up. And as they journeyed, they saw all the sea creatures, and they sang them. They were singing and adding all the fish, whales, octopuses, and all the sea birds. And they saw the morning star: the first morning star, and then the second, and then the third. The stars were getting close to Yalanbara, giving the Djan'kawu a pathway and showing them the land before the rays of the sun lit up Yalanbara's sandhills. It was early in the morning, and they could hear water crashing on those rocks and they saw lorikeets coming out from the rock holes. They saw Djambuwal, the Thunderman, sitting at a place called Djirrkawul."
-WANYUBI MARIKA
1959, Mawalan Marika, Djan'kawu Creation Story 1 -- American University Museum (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the museum label:
"The Djan'kawu-two sisters and a brother-came from the spirit world Burralku in a dugout canoe. Their paddle was named Mawalan. And as they paddled, they punched the water with the Mawalan and spring water came up. And as they journeyed, they saw all the sea creatures, and they sang them. They were singing and adding all the fish, whales, octopuses, and all the sea birds. And they saw the morning star: the first morning star, and then the second, and then the third. The stars were getting close to Yalanbara, giving the Djan'kawu a pathway and showing them the land before the rays of the sun lit up Yalanbara's sandhills. It was early in the morning, and they could hear water crashing on those rocks and they saw lorikeets coming out from the rock holes. They saw Djambuwal, the Thunderman, sitting at a place called Djirrkawul."
-WANYUBI MARIKA