Beereeun

Also known as: Beereeun the small, prickly lizard · Role: wife · First appears: Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor

Life events

• Goonur (the son) beat his two wives.(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor)
  • With: Goonur (the son) Guddah
  • “One day the two wives had done something to anger Goonur, their husband, and he gave them both a great beating.”
• Guddah and Beereeun devised a water-filled pit to kill Goonur (the son).(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor · 📍 the creek)
  • With: Guddah Goonur (the son)
  • “They dug a big hole in the sand near the creek, filled it with water, and covered the hole over with boughs, leaves, and grass.”
• Goonur (the son) fell into the concealed pit and drowned.(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor · 📍 the creek)
  • With: Goonur (the son) Guddah
  • “Too late then to save himself, for he was drowning and could not escape.”
• Guddah and Beereeun discovered that Goonur (the son) was alive.(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor)
  • With: Guddah Goonur (the son)
  • “And out of it, to their amazement, stepped Goonur, their husband.”
• Goonur (the son) concealed pointed stakes in the creek to kill his wives.(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor · 📍 the creek)
  • With: Goonur (the son) Guddah
  • “Having cut and pointed sharply two stakes, he stuck them firmly in the creek, then he placed two logs on the bank, in front of the sticks, which were underneath the water, and invisible.”
• Guddah and Beereeun were impaled on the stakes and held under the water.(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor · 📍 the creek)
  • With: Goonur (the son) Guddah
  • “Well had Goonur calculated the distance, for both jumped right on to the stakes placed in the water to catch them, and which stuck firmly into them, holding them under the water.”
• Goonur (the mother) found her daughters-in-law dead and restored them to life.(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor · 📍 the creek)
  • With: Goonur (the mother) Guddah
  • “She had not long to wait; soon they began to move and come to life again.”
• Goonur (the mother) restored the wives and demanded that they all live in peace.(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor · 📍 the camp)
  • With: Goonur (the mother) Goonur (the son) Guddah
  • “You are all mine now, and I desire that you live in peace and never more deceive me, or never again shall I use my skill for you:”
• Guddah and Beereeun died and were taken up to the sky as Gwaibillah, the red star.(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor · 📍 the sky)
  • With: Guddah
  • “And when the wives died, they were taken up to the sky, where they are now known as Gwaibillah, the red star”

Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor

• married with Goonur (the son) “The wives were Guddah the red lizard, and Beereeun the small, prickly lizard. One day the two wives had done something to anger Goonur, their husband, and he gave them both a great beating.”
• with Guddah (Co-wives.) “The wives were Guddah the red lizard, and Beereeun the small, prickly lizard.”

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