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	BAIAMI AND THE EMU CHASE: AN ASTRONOMICAL INTERPRETATION OF A WIRADJURI DREAMING ASSOCIATED WITH THE BURBUNG
	Leaman, Trevor M.; Hamacher, Duane W.
通讯作者	Leaman, TM
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE
ISSN	1440-2807
出版年	2019
卷号	22 期号:2 页码:225-237
英文摘要	A Wiradjuri Dreaming connected to the Aboriginal creation ancestor Baiami, and enacted during a Burbung male initiation ceremony, was recorded by the Australian anthropologist R.H. Mathews in 1896. We investigate this further and conclude that the Dreaming most likely relates to the annual movements of the constellations in the Wiradjuri night sky, with Baiami represented by the stars in the Greek constellation of Orion, and the terrestrial emu featured in the Dreaming represented by the Wiradjuri 'dark' constellation of Gugurmin the Celestial Emu, formed from the dust bands of the Milky Way. The Celestial Emu may also represent Daramulun, another important ancestral figure associated with the Burbung, whose spirit descends from the Milky Way in emu form to take part in the male initiation ceremony. The Dreaming narrative has parallels with the Greek myth of Orion and the scorpion, represented by the constellation of Scorpius, in eternal pursuit of each other in the sky throughout the year. The Dreaming narrative recorded by Mathews also suggests a reference to the orientation of Baiami in Orion. He appears to be oriented the same way in the sky as Orion from Greek mythology, which is upside-down as seen from a Southern Hemisphere perspective. This is consistent with rock art depictions of Baiami from the Sydney Basin, and that of Nyeeruna, a creation ancestor of the Kokatha and Ngalea peoples from the Great Victoria Desert, South Australia, which shares similar characteristics and attributions with Baiami. The alternative 'right-side-up' orientation is also being investigated and will be the subject of a follow-up paper. Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: This paper contains references to Aboriginal cultural practices surrounding male initiations. but does not provide secret details about those ceremonies. It also contains historical archival photographs of people who are deceased.
英文关键词	Aboriginal Australian Astronomy ethnoastronomy Wiradjuri Baiami Orion Celestial Emu R.H. Mathews
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000500729100003
WOS关键词	OOLDEA REGION ; FIELD WORK ; PART 1 ; ORIENTATIONS ; TRADITIONS
WOS类目	Astronomy & Astrophysics
WOS研究方向	Astronomy & Astrophysics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/333962
作者单位	[Leaman, Trevor M.] Univ New South Wales, Sch Humanities & Languages, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; [Hamacher, Duane W.] Univ Melbourne, Sch Phys, Parkville, Vic 3010, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Leaman, Trevor M.,Hamacher, Duane W.. BAIAMI AND THE EMU CHASE: AN ASTRONOMICAL INTERPRETATION OF A WIRADJURI DREAMING ASSOCIATED WITH THE BURBUNG[J],2019,22(2):225-237.
APA	Leaman, Trevor M.,&Hamacher, Duane W..(2019).BAIAMI AND THE EMU CHASE: AN ASTRONOMICAL INTERPRETATION OF A WIRADJURI DREAMING ASSOCIATED WITH THE BURBUNG.JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE,22(2),225-237.
MLA	Leaman, Trevor M.,et al."BAIAMI AND THE EMU CHASE: AN ASTRONOMICAL INTERPRETATION OF A WIRADJURI DREAMING ASSOCIATED WITH THE BURBUNG".JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE 22.2(2019):225-237.