Notes on Kurnai Creation stories

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Brewin and Tarra Mŭnda

In the old times there was a man called
Tarra-mŭnda who had gone out hunting for
a Kangaroo leaving his two wives at the camp
where they were [cooking Durak which they had- crossed out]
[collected- crossed out] making twine for bags (batung). Brewin came to
them and asked where Tarra-mŭnda was.
They told him and he went off and found him
watching behind a bush for a Kangaroo. Then
Brewin caught hold of Tarra-munda and
swallowed him whole and was very much swelled out
by having him in his stomach and became also
very thirsty. Then he went back to the women and
asked for water to drink. They told him to go
and get water in a little well they had near
by. He had great difficulty in stooping down
low enough to get a drink because of Tarra-munda
inside of him. While he was trying to drink the
two women came up and struck him with their
[Kun - crossed out] Kunnin; then they cut him up, his head
and arms and legs being severed from his body
which they cut open, thus letting their husband
Turra-munda get out. Then they went away
leaving Brewin in several pieces behind, but
by and by he was joined together again and
getting up went away elsewhere.

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