The eternal ones of the dream
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TextNew York International Universities Press c1945Description: xiii, 270p.; ill. (photos, map); bibliog. refs.; appendicesContent type: - text
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1 The meaning of totemic myth. 2 The dual heroes. 3 The origin of circumcision. 4 The Tjurunga. 5 The phallic ritual. 6 The concentric circle and teh fertility rite. 7 Destruction and restitution. 8 Ngallunga. 9 The rainbow serpent. 10 Wandering ancestors. 11 The eternal ones of the dream. 12 The totem sacrament. Summary and conclusions. Addenda
'...Now we can return to totemic myth in Central Australia. These great wanderers are also great initiators. Indeed they seem to have mainly these two functions: to go from place to place, and to initiate young men. Betweent he two there is actually a very close connection. The myths tell the wanderings of the ancestors: and in the narratives of initiated men, there is a strong tendency to confuse this wandering in fantasy with a wandering in space....' --P. 11
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