Aboriginal Australian myths

4 stories drawn from this tradition. See the whole library.

  1. Once upon a time…

    I woke to the call of the smoke-birds, those little dark things the elders say carry old faces in their throats. Their song stung me, like a name I had lost. I set out…

  2. Once upon a time…

    Bir zamanlar, deniz kenarında bir köyde yaşayan bir aile vardı. Bu köy, dalgaların şarkı söylediği, rüzgarın eski hikayeleri fısıldadığı bir yerdi. Köydeki herkes,…

  3. Once upon a time…

    In a village by a vast, whispering desert, lived a solitary man named Jarek. The villagers spoke of the "Echo Winds," a strange phenomenon that carried voices from the…

  4. Once upon a time…

    In a time when the world was young and the land stretched vast and untamed, there lived a clever crow named Warragul. His feathers were as dark as the night sky, and his…