Kanmari
Ngarrindjeri · numen · Ngarrindjeri traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Kanmari is the mullet man of the Kondoli fire narrative. With Kuratje the tommy ruff man he was sent as a messenger to summon Kondoli the whale-man to the dance at which the people planned to take his fire. In the transformation that followed, Kanmari became the mullet; because he was dressed in a kangaroo skin, his fish has oily flesh, distinguishing it from the drier tommy ruff into which his companion Kuratje was changed.
Domains
- fishing
Powers
- becomes the mullet fish
Relations
- companion: KuratjeFellow messenger sent to summon Kondoli.Berndt, Berndt & Stanton (1993). A World That Was. (secondary)
Sources
- Kanmari, the mullet man, was one of two messengers sent to invite Kondoli to the dance; when the people were transformed he became the oily-fleshed mullet, explained by the kangaroo skin he wore.: Berndt, R.M., Berndt, C.H. & Stanton, J.E. (1993). A World That Was. Melbourne University Press. (secondary)