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