Australian AboriginalAustraliaFolklore
Murkupang
Basic account
Giant figure in northern Australian story cycles of pursuit and country.
Account
Murkupang appears in Aboriginal narratives of northern Australia as a giant associated with chase, landscape formation, or moral tale - details varying by community and songline. Published versions available to outsiders are necessarily incomplete; full knowledge sits with custodians of Country and ceremony.
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