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07-Mar-04, 08:27 PM
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you are actually spot on RR
The water python is the rainbow serpant they refer to in aboriginal dream stories, not mythology this is a different thing all together, they hold this particular species of snake sacred and you would be hard pressed to find a group of them that would view it as a food source (except the lajimanu tribe).
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07-Mar-04, 08:28 PM
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oh and sorry fuscus but hey when its there ya have to take it :-)
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07-Mar-04, 08:40 PM
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The rainbow serpent granted the people the water python as a food source during the dreamtime.
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07-Mar-04, 08:46 PM
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well there ya go looks like old micky's got a bad memory.... he told me they wouldnt eat it might be a now thing not a dreamtime thing
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07-Mar-04, 09:20 PM
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i was thinking about the rainbow serpent thing before. i think it originated around were oempellies(cant spell) are found
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07-Mar-04, 09:22 PM
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I'll try and find supporting evidence to what I said.
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08-Mar-04, 07:50 AM
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there ya go he must have been talking about them being sacred in the dreaming, but i guess it is the same with any other animal to them once it is out of the dreaming then its fair game ...lol.
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08-Mar-04, 07:53 AM
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actually i just had a closer read that is only in arnhem land, that is just one blood group it may be different from group to group, the arnhem group is a poison cousin to the lajimanu group so i dare say they have different belief values..
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10-Mar-04, 09:58 PM
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And as a final note, I think my WP has recovered from her ordeal. She launched herself at dinner and took it about half a meter from the cage. And is currently chowing down her second rat.
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