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Stories and motifs

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Narrower Term: Stories and motifs - Ancestor spirits; Stories and motifs - Animals; Stories and motifs - Ants and termites; Stories and motifs - Baiame; Stories and motifs - Barramundi; Stories and motifs - Billabongs; Stories and motifs - Birds; Stories and motifs - Cassowary; Stories and motifs - Caterpillars; Stories and motifs - Catfish; Stories and motifs - Celestial phenomena; Stories and motifs - Clever people; Stories and motifs - Climate and weather; Stories and motifs - Clouds; Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology; Stories and motifs - Crocodiles; Stories and motifs - Cultural heroes; Stories and motifs - Devils, monsters, evil spirits, hairy men, bunyips; Stories and motifs - Dharumalan; Stories and motifs - Dingoes / dogs; Stories and motifs - Dolphins / whales; Stories and motifs - Dugongs; Stories and motifs - Eagles / hawks / crows; Stories and motifs - Echidnas; Stories and motifs - Emu; Stories and motifs - Fire; Stories and motifs - Fish; Stories and motifs - Flood; Stories and motifs - Frogs and toads; Stories and motifs - Ghosts; Stories and motifs - Insects; Stories and motifs - Invertebrates; Stories and motifs - Kangaroos / Wallabies; Stories and motifs - Koalas; Stories and motifs - Lakes; Stories and motifs - Landscape; Stories and motifs - Lightning Brothers; Stories and motifs - Lizards / goannas; Stories and motifs - Magic and sorcery; Stories and motifs - Mermaids; Stories and motifs - Min Min lights; Stories and motifs - Moon; Stories and motifs - Mountains; Stories and motifs - Mythological beings; Stories and motifs - Night; Stories and motifs - Owls; Stories and motifs - Planets; Stories and motifs - Plants; Stories and motifs - Platypus; Stories and motifs - Possums; Stories and motifs - Rain and storms; Stories and motifs - Rainbow serpent; Stories and motifs - Rainbows; Stories and motifs - Rivers; Stories and motifs - Rock outcrops; Stories and motifs - Seven Sisters; Stories and motifs - Sharks; Stories and motifs - Shellfish etc.; Stories and motifs - Snakes; Stories and motifs - Spirit children; Stories and motifs - Stars; Stories and motifs - Stingrays; Stories and motifs - Sun; Stories and motifs - Swans; Stories and motifs - Three sisters; Stories and motifs - Thunder and lightning; Stories and motifs - Trees; Stories and motifs - Turtles; Stories and motifs - Two men; Stories and motifs - Wandjina; Stories and motifs - Water sources; Stories and motifs - Wawalag Sisters; Stories and motifs - Weapons; Stories and motifs - Whirlwinds and willy willies; Stories and motifs - Wind
Related Term: Literature and stories; Religion - Dreaming; Religion - Dreaming - Spirits