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Overview
An old dog, unable to travel, remains at a deserted camp when everyone else departs for a borah. Armed Gooeeay enemies arrive hoping to surprise the residents. They repeatedly question the dog, who only shakes his head, then threaten him with spears and clubs.
When he finally answers that the people have gone to the gathering, every attacker turns to stone, including weapons, feathered topknots and skin-strip belts. Returning residents find the threatening figures petrified. Parker’s narrator identifies the coloured and striped stones as mayamahs on a mount near Beemery. Mayamah therefore names these stones in this account, rather than a supplied personal name for the dog.
Origins & earliest records
K. Langloh Parker, Australian Legendary Tales (London: David Nutt, 1896), The Mayamah, pp. 50–51.
Records & interpretation
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Australian Legendary Tales: The Mayamah, pp. 50–51
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- Primary collected textParker 1896: The MayamahResearch access: 2026-10-05
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