Dreaming Stories, Art and Symbolism by jkachel https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh Examples of modern Australian Aboriginal art and the Dreaming Stories being conveyed en-us 2019-02-14 21:38:40 UTC 2026-02-26 09:43:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Wanampi is the Pitjantjatjara word meaning water serpent, water snake monster, or rainbow serpent. The Wanampi are very dangerous creatures, often unfriendly and sometimes reaching hundreds of meters long. They are believed to live in and guard waterholes. https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057692906 2022-02-20 21:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057692906 Mrs Kachel jkachel https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057693960 Polly Nagle's art works often focus on 'The Bush Plum'. This plant was and is an important food source for the Anmatyerre people. It is frequently featured in Women's Dreaming stories from the Anmatyerre people (stories not given on the website). ]]> 2022-02-20 21:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057693960 Water Dreaming https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057694149 Back in the Dreamtime, two Jangala men 'sang down the rain' bringing forth a massive storm. a brown falcon caught the storm and carried it further west creating a huge body of water. the falcon then dug up the Rainbow Serpent which helped in carrying water to create Jillyiumpa, another large lake. ]]> 2022-02-20 21:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057694149 The Seven Sisters https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057694294 The Napaljarri-wanu Jukurrpa depicts the story of the seven ancestral Napaliarri sisters who would get chased by an ancestral Jakamarra man who was in love with them. 
In a final attempt, the sisters turned themselves into fire and ascended to the heavens to eventually become stars. You can now see the seven sisters as apart of the Taurus constellation as a cluster of seven stars and the Jakamarra man still chasing then across the sky.  
This artwork explains natural features such as the stars and different constellations]]> 2022-02-20 21:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057694294 The Jungala Brothers https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057694470 This painting is by Clifford Possum and it is about two brothers that died in the Warlukurlangu region. 

The boys’ father is the Blue Tongue Lizard man, the old Lungkata. He asks his two sons to go out hunting and instead of traveling out into the desert to look for game, they kill and roast the old man’s sacred kangaroo. When he returns from ceremonies to find his sons cooking his pet he becomes enraged and uses his blue tongue to light a magical fire. 
 
The boys flee with their two spears, woomeras, stone knives and headbands, which are all illustrated, and travel as far as South Australia until they notice the flames dying out. They cautiously return home over the black & charred landscape until they reach Warlukurlangu and it is here that the meet their end and die under the sand as the inferno passes overhead.
 
It is a cautionary tale that is a warning and advice to the people that live in the western desert with a clear moral.
 

]]> 2022-02-20 21:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057694470 Npaga Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) by Shortly Jangala Robinson https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057694910 The artwork reveals the dreaming story, Walpiri Jukurrpa. The story recalls when two Jangala men sang in a remote, water scarce area, the rain and skies started a massive storm. The Kirrkarlanji (brown falcon) when carried to the storm over the west, dropping it in Purlungyana, creatign a huge body of water. With the help of the Rainbow Serpent the water was carreid to Jillyiumpa. 

The artwork recounts this dreaming story and shows how Aboriginal people of Pururru and Pirilinyarnu have to find water in soakages beneath dry creek bed.

]]> 2022-02-20 21:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057694910 https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057695224 This painting shows the Wanampi which is a dangerous creature that gaurds waterholes and is revered by the Pitjantjatjara people as it can kill intruders, taking their spirit. The Pitjantjatjara people still call out to the serpent, and light a fire before visiting Piltati rock hole in the Mann Ranges. They will tell the Wanampi that they are friends and that they are approaching and ask access permission from the Wanampi. ]]> 2022-02-20 21:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057695224 'Two Jangala at Warlukalong' ella_cave https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057695297 Shows the skeletons of two brothers that hunted sacred kangeroos. They boys escaped the flames however they then roast in the sand when they return home believing all is forgiven. It is a tale with a clear moral. ]]> 2022-02-20 21:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057695297 Water Dreaming https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057696023 Stories such as this are handed down through the generations. This is a Walpiri Jukurrpa (story), is painted in many forms by Shorty Jangala Robinson. The Jukurrpa belongs to Jangala/Jampitjinpa men, and Nangala/Nampitjinpa women (they are the Kirda (custodians) of the story) and is told through the use of traditional iconography.]]> 2022-02-20 21:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057696023 Ngatijirri Jukurrpa (Budgerigar Dreaming) https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057696371 2022-02-20 22:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057696371 The Seven Sisters https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057696483 The Seven sisters is a dreamtime story of an Ancestral being in an external form of a man who relentlessly pursues Ancestral women (The seven sisters) over the land and the sky. Through this the man travels great distances from Western Australia into the APY Lands, then travels cross -country to where the sisters become the Napaljarri-warnu. The purpose of the painting was about explaining the tale of lust, love, passion and danger. The seven sisters are shows through the painting where there are 7 circles surrounding 1 big circle and the 7 Little circles are representing the women.

]]> 2022-02-20 22:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057696483 Seven Sisters https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057696541 Andrea Adamson tells us the story of Kungkarrakalpa Tjukurrpa (Seven Sister Dreaming); and their travels through the country as they are pursued by Wati (Man) Nyiru. Nyiru saw the sisters as they travelled to the west. He fell in love with them, and even though they were of the wrong skin name to marry him, he was desperate to make them his. As the women fled from Wati Nyiru they created the country and landscape around Andrea's home, trying to trick him and escape from him. The sisters created the rockhole's, sandhills and rocky outcrops as they tried to escape. Eventually they created a rock hole which went deep under the ground and came up on the other side of the hill. The women dived into the water and came out on the other side to fly up into the sky. Wati Nyiru followed them into the water and when he came out on the other side he was too late. Now, Wati Nyiru can be seen to the south of the seven sisters, as he still chases them across the sky.]]> 2022-02-20 22:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057696541 https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057696879 Kungkarrakalp Tjukurrpa focuses on the story is how Nyiru fell in love with 7 sisters of the wrong skin name to marry. He followed them and tried to make them his, but they did not want him. The dreaming story tells how they created rock holes, sandhills and rocky out crops trying to escape him. In the end the sisters ended up flying to the sky. The artworks shows the women all together apart from the man. 

]]> 2022-02-20 22:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057696879 Tingari Artwork https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057697321 Aboriginal artist Bambatu Napangardi's painting, Tingari, depicts the Tingari; ancient creational figures that moved across the land, forming a range of landmasses and performing various rituals and ceremonies as they travelled. They are somewhat of parables to explain the natural environment as well as to assist the Pintupi people in understanding the land and creation that exists around them. ]]> 2022-02-20 22:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057697321 Djalala https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057697518 Jack Dale's art work the Djalala is the marker stones that divide the land and mark a sacred site, it divides the land between the Ngarinyin land which is to the East, Bunuba land is the South and Unggumi land to the West. Djalala are markers from the Dreamtime, people have to stick to their boundaries and if you don't happen to know the country you can follow the stone to the Wandjinas. The stones are also a reminder to people that they are approaching a sacred site or taboo area. ]]> 2022-02-20 22:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057697518 Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water dreaming) by Shortly Jangala Robinson https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057697826 Centered at the extremely remote area, 300km west of Alice Springs, found it hard to find water since australia is such a dry place. ]]> 2022-02-20 22:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057697826 Napaljarri-wanu Jukurrpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming) https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057697833 Napaljarri-wanu Jukurrpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming) tells the story of the seven ancestral Napaljarri sisters trying to escape an ancestral Jakamarra man who was in love with all of them and was chasing them. In a final attempt to escape the sisters turned themselves into fire and ascended to the heavens to become stars. The seven Napaljarri sisters can be found in the night sky today as a cluster of seven stars that is part of the constellation of Taurus (also known as the Pleiades). Jukurra-jukurra (the morning star) is the Jakamarra man, still chasing the Napaljarri sisters across the night sky. Paintings of this Jukurrpa (dreaming) often depict the seven women carrying the Jampijinpa man ‘wardilyka’ (the bush turkey). He is also in love with the sisters and he is the cluster of stars known as Orion’s Belt. The custodians of this dreaming are men from the Japaljarri/Jungarrayi skin group and women from the Napaljarri/Nungarrayi skin group.]]> 2022-02-20 22:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057697833 The stories of Sarrita King https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057698289 The markings on the land are shown in different patterns showing the different hills, flora and paths created by both humans and animals aswell as showing the water systems. These rivers are spread across the landscape on the lands of Sarrita's ancestors in the Katherine desert in Mt Isa. 
These markings on the landmakers help explore the routes that the indigenous ancestors used to help them survive for over 40,000 years. Due to the nomadic lifestyle of the aboriginal people, these natural indicators helped them to survive the elements and find reasoures such as food and water that were used in sacred ceremonies aswell; ]]> 2022-02-20 22:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057698289 Awurrapun (crocodile) https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057698725 The Dreaming story is about a fisherman who caught the eye of every women in the area, their husbands became jealous and decided to kill him, hanging him in a fishing net. His wife then found him hanging and killed herself so that her spirit was with him once more.
The painting shows the man and the woman hanging in their fishing nets. One can see where their skin comes through the nets, bulging out in squares, much like the skin of a crocodile.
It was this way that the salt water crocodile came to the top end.]]> 2022-02-20 22:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkachel/7dohiuj2n2qh/wish/2057698725