the mother of the Bilbers (Tale 15)

Family: Bilber tribe · Role: mother · First appears: Tale 15 · Narahdarn The Bat

In Tale 15, after Narahdarn returned alone, the two little sisters told their mother that he looked fierce and angry and that his arms were covered with blood. The mother told the chief that her daughters were missing and asked, “Where are my daughters, Narahdarn?”

The chief promised that the daughters would be avenged if Narahdarn had harmed them, and sent young men to follow his tracks. That night, the men seized Narahdarn and threw him into a fire, where he died; the Bilbers were avenged.

Relationship record

Life events

• The two little sisters reported Narahdarn's bloody return to their mother.(Tale 15 · Narahdarn The Bat)
  • With: the first little sister (Tale 15) the second little sister (Tale 15)
  • “They ran and told their mother that Narahdarn had returned alone, that he looked fierce and angry, also his arms were covered with blood.”
• The mother told the chief her daughters were missing, and he ordered young men to follow Narahdarn's tracks.(Tale 15 · Narahdarn The Bat)
  • With: the chief of the Bilber tribe (Tale 15)
  • “The chief of her tribe listened to her. When she had finished and begun to wail for her daughters, whom she thought she would see no more, he said, ‘Mother of the Bilbers, your daughters shall be avenged if aught has happened to them at the hands of Narahdarn. Fresh are his tracks, and the young men of your tribe shall follow whence they have come, and finding what Narahdarn has done, swiftly shall they return.’”
• The Bilbers were avenged when the men seized Narahdarn and threw him into a fire, where he died.(Tale 15 · Narahdarn The Bat)
  • With: Narahdarn the first wife (Tale 15) the second wife (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.”

Tale 15 · Narahdarn The Bat

• child: the first wife (Tale 15) “Out went the mother of the Bilbers, and she said, “Where are my daughters, Narahdarn?”
• child: the second wife (Tale 15) “Out went the mother of the Bilbers, and she said, “Where are my daughters, Narahdarn?”
• with the chief of the Bilber tribe (Tale 15) (The mother addresses the chief as “my relation,” indicating kinship without specifying its type.) “Now speed ye the young men lest the rain fall or the dust blow and the tracks be lost.”

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