Bibbee (Tale 23)

Role: woodpecker · First appears: Tale 23 · Deereeree The Wagtail, And The Rainbow

Life events

Bibbee proposed marriage, but Deereeree refused.(Tale 23 · Deereeree The Wagtail, And The Rainbow)
- With: Deereeree (Tale 23)
- “At last Bibbee said! ‘If you are so frightened, marry me and live in my camp. I will take care of you.’ But Deereeree said she did not want to marry.”
Bibbee made and placed a rainbow across the sky.(Tale 23 · Deereeree The Wagtail, And The Rainbow)
- “He set to work and made a beautiful and many coloured arch, which, when it was made, he called Euloowirree, and he placed it right across the sky, reaching from one side of the earth to the other.”
Deereeree married Bibbee.(Tale 23 · Deereeree The Wagtail, And The Rainbow)
- With: Deereeree (Tale 23)
- “So by working on her mixed feelings of fear of his prowess, and admiration of his skill, Bibbee gained his desire, and Deereeree married him.”
Bibbee died and was changed into a woodpecker.(Tale 23 · Deereeree The Wagtail, And The Rainbow)
- “And Bibbee was changed into the woodpecker, or climbing tree bird, who is always running up trees as if he wanted to be building other ways to the than the famous roadway of his Euloowirree, the building of which had won him his wife.”

admired: Deereeree (Tale 23) (Bibbee repeatedly sought to marry Deereeree.) “At last Bibbee said! ‘If you are so frightened, marry me and live in my camp. I will take care of you.’ But Deereeree said she did not want to marry.”
married with Deereeree (Tale 23) “So by working on her mixed feelings of fear of his prowess, and admiration of his skill, Bibbee gained his desire, and Deereeree married him.”

Extracted from the original text of Australian Legendary Tales. Made with Rho MD.