Narahdarn

Also known as: the bat · Family: Bilber tribe · Role: husband · First appears: Tale 15 · Narahdarn The Bat

Life events

Narahdarn cut off the first wife's arm to free her, and she died from the shock.(Tale 15 · Narahdarn The Bat · 📍 gunnyanny tree)
- With: the first wife (Tale 15)
- “This he did before she had time to realise what he was going to do, and protest. So great was the shock to her that she died instantly.”
Narahdarn cut off the second wife's arm, and she died.(Tale 15 · Narahdarn The Bat · 📍 gunnyanny tree)
- With: the second wife (Tale 15)
- “After one shriek, as he drove his comebo through her arm, she was silent. He said, ‘Come down, and I will chop out the bees' nest.’ But she did not answer him, and he saw that she too was dead.”
The Bilbers were avenged when the men seized Narahdarn and threw him into a fire, where he died.(Tale 15 · Narahdarn The Bat)
- With: the first wife (Tale 15) the second wife (Tale 15) the mother of the Bilbers (Tale 15) the chief of the Bilber tribe (Tale 15)
- “These quickly seized him and hurled him into the madly-leaping fire before him, where he perished in the flames. And so were the Bilbers avenged.”

married with the first wife (Tale 15) “He ordered his two wives, of the Bilber tribe, to follow him with wirrees to carry home the honey in.”
married with the second wife (Tale 15) “He ordered his two wives, of the Bilber tribe, to follow him with wirrees to carry home the honey in.”

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