Kondole
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In theAustralian Aboriginal mythologyof theRamindjerisubgroup of theNgarrindjeripeople,Kondolewas a mean and rude man. One night, the performers during a ceremony needed someone to keep a fire going; Kondole was the only one with fire, and he hid in the bush. The men argued with him, and one got frustrated and threw aspearinto Kondole'sskull.All the men then turned intoanimals,includingkangaroos,possums,fishandbirds.Kondole became awhaleand the hole in his head from the spear became hisblowhole.The Kondole was the first whale according to Aboriginal myth.[1][2]
Ian Milne wrote the bookKondole the Whalebased on this story in 1992[3]
References
[edit]- ^"Early Australian History".Bathurst Free Press And Mining Journal.22 August 1890. p. 4.Retrieved13 August2022– via National Library of Australia.
- ^Cressey, Jason (September 1998)."Making a Splash in the Pacific: Dolphin and Whale Myths and Legends of Oceania"(PDF).Rapa Nui Journal.12(3): 75–84.Retrieved26 October2022.
- ^"Whale book launched".Times.7 July 1992. p. 3.Retrieved13 August2022– via National Library of Australia.
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