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Thread #89603 Message #1691117
Posted By: Peter T.
12-Mar-06 - 07:10 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Books on the Dreamtime
Subject: RE: Folklore: Books on the Dreamtime
Most of what is written about the Dreamtime is ridiculous. Stay away from Bruce Chatwin's "The Songlines!" The best book by far is "Songs, Dreaming, and Ghosts" on The Wangga of North Australia by Allan Marett, because it has an audio CD with the songs and chants discussed in the book with it. It may be hard to find, but it is new -- 2005. It is also very detailed.
David Turner's book, Life before Eden is also good, but very scholarly as well.
Almost anything by Roland Berndt is worth reading.