Aboriginal oral traditions and "cosmic impacts and meteorite falls"--mythology

Abstract:

Descriptions of cosmic impacts and meteorite falls are found throughout Australian Aboriginal oral traditions. In some cases, these texts describe the impact event in detail, suggesting that the events were witnessed, sometimes citing the location. We explore whether cosmic impacts and meteorite falls may have been witnessed by Aboriginal Australians and incorporated into their oral traditions. We discuss the complications and bias in recording and analysing oral texts but suggest that these texts may be used both to locate new impact structures or meteorites and model observed impact events. We find that, while detailed Aboriginal descriptions of cosmic impacts and meteorite falls are abundant in the literature, there is currently no physical evidence connecting any of these accounts to impact events currently known to Western science.

"Australian Aboriginal Geomythology: Eyewitness Accounts of Cosmic Impacts?" by Duane W. Hamacher and Ray P. Norris

Aboriginal Mythology: An A-Z Spanning the History of the Australian Aboriginal People from the Earliest Legends to the Present Day

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Mudrooroo

ISBN-10: 1855383063
ISBN-13: 978-1855383067