Religious Studies 2140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Medicine Man
18 Jul 2015
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The aborigines believe that if the body of a dead koala is not treated properly, its spirit will cause the rivers to dry up, and everyone will die of thirst. A long time ago lived an orphaned koala-boy called koobor who was constantly ill- treated and neglected by his relatives. Consequently he had learnt to live on the leaves of the gum tree but was never given sufficient water to quench his thirst. One morning when his relatives set out to gather food, they had forgotten to hide their water buckets so for once in his life, koobor had enough water to drink. Koobor realised that he must store some water for himself so he collected all the water buckets and hung them on a low branch. He then climbed into the branches and chanted a special song that caused the tree to grow quickly to be the tallest tree in the forest.
