Minka Bird
The Minka or Minka Bird is a bird, sometimes described as an owl, that featured in the stories of the Ngarrindjeri people of the Murray River in South Australia.
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The Minka bird, sometimes described as an owl, featured in the stories of the Ngarrindjeri people of the Murray River in South Australia.
The mulduwanke is a similar owl or bird of the Ngarrindjeri, but instead of foretelling death it stole children. Both were believed to live in dark recesses.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Berndt, Ronald (June 1940). "A Curlew and Owl Legend from the Narunga Tribe, South Australia". Oceania. 10 (4): 456–462. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00306.x. JSTOR 40327868.
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