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20/11/2000 By Dreamtime 22 Comments

The Two Wise Men and the Seven Sisters

In the beginning of Yulbrada, the Earth, the Creator, Jindoo-the Sun, sent two Spirit men, Woddee Gooth-tha-rra, to shape it. They were from the far end of the Milky Way.

They made the hills, the valleys, the lakes and the ocean. When they had nearly completed their work, Jindoo the Creator sent seven sisters, stars of the Milky Way, to beautify the earth with flowers, with trees, with birds, animals and other creepy things.

The Seven Sisters were making the Honey Ants when they all got thirsty and they said to the younger sister, ‘Go and look for some gubbee, some nice water. Over there, in the hills. Go in that direction’. The little young sister took the yandee dish and she went in search of the water.

The Woddee Gooth-tha-rra, the two spirit men, they were in the bushes and they were spying on these women. They followed the minyma Goothoo, the younger sister, when she went for the water.

This young sister, she fell in love with the two men. The other six sisters went looking for their sister, because she had been gone for so long. They wondered where she might be. They were really very thirsty and they needed their water. After a while, they found her with the two spirit men.

The Creator, Jindoo the Sun, had warned them that should such a thing happen to any one of the sisters, she would not be able to return to her place in the Milky Way. When the six sisters finished their work, they returned to the Milky Way. The two men and the woman remained here on Yulbrada, the earth. Their special powers were taken away when they became mortal. They became the parents of the earth, who made our laws and our people-the desert people. They live by these laws today.

This is why the people of the desert have such knowledge and respect of the stars in the universe.

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  1. Sally says

    22/03/2019 at 1:00 am

    This story is bad

    bad

    bad

    bad…

    Reply
    • Amayah says

      26/03/2019 at 3:05 pm

      It’s not bad, it’s not a story, it’s what the aborigines believe in. You just say it’s bad because you can’t understand it.

      Reply
    • *nice person* says

      28/03/2019 at 5:56 am

      hey thats not nice thats what their people believe so stop beiing mean u meanie. just like you believe some things.

      Reply
    • kind human says

      20/06/2019 at 1:00 am

      you’re mean…… dont disrespect someones beliefs

      Reply
    • JOE MOMA says

      07/10/2019 at 9:14 pm

      I agree

      Reply
    • DJ says

      08/05/2020 at 12:58 am

      Right

      Reply
  2. Andrew says

    26/03/2019 at 10:59 pm

    This story is actually kinda interesting if i don’t say so myself

    Reply
  3. nice person says

    28/03/2019 at 5:57 am

    Good
    good
    good

    Reply
  4. Peter Hampton says

    29/04/2019 at 4:47 am

    Beautiful story. Are the seven sisters also the Pleiades constellation?

    Reply
    • Addison says

      05/06/2019 at 2:23 am

      Sorry Peter Hampton. we were talking about the other peter that left a comment bu then they must of deleted it as well as Julie must of too

      Reply
  5. Peter says

    05/06/2019 at 2:15 am

    Sally you are so dam right 🙂

    I couldn’t agree with you more… xx

    Reply
  6. Julie says

    05/06/2019 at 2:19 am

    Yeah Sally this story is soooooooo bad
    You should make a better story than this dodgie one…

    Reply
  7. Addison says

    05/06/2019 at 2:21 am

    i love this story soo much it has made we so inspired to do it as my Performing Arts project and I’m sure I’ll get an A on it…

    Peter and Sally and Julie you guys are sooo rude to the Aboriginals/the creators of this dreamtime story…

    Reply
  8. Anonymous says

    06/08/2019 at 1:22 am

    This is a really nice story
    One of my favourite Dreamtime stories

    Reply
  9. jimmy faloga says

    26/08/2019 at 7:42 am

    I’m so sorry sally but I have to agree with hamton,addison,nice person,kind human,amayah and Andrew they all respect the aborigines so why don’t you , so if you don’t like it sally get lost!!!! plus this is my homework don’t tell mum! by jimmy

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  10. jimmy.faloga says

    26/08/2019 at 7:44 am

    good job guys!!

    Reply
  11. jimmy.faloga says

    26/08/2019 at 7:44 am

    like your work!

    Reply
  12. dffsfd says

    28/08/2019 at 8:05 am

    Well lets see you do any better Sally u get a fricking life u selfish loser

    Reply
    • imadopted says

      17/10/2019 at 3:00 am

      bruh chill

      Reply
  13. Dio Brando says

    13/09/2019 at 3:38 am

    hello world

    Reply
  14. jotaro kujo says

    17/10/2019 at 2:58 am

    Za Warudo

    Reply
  15. Bobby says

    06/11/2019 at 1:17 am

    These comments are entertaining…. so thankyou

    Reply

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