Goolahwilleel

Also known as: Young Goolahwilleeel · Role: young hunter · First appears: Tale 21 · Goolahwilleel The Topknot Pigeons

Life events

Goolahwilleel gathered wattle-gum and modelled a kangaroo instead of hunting.(Tale 21 · Goolahwilleel The Topknot Pigeons)
- “Every day, instead of hunting, Goolahwilleel had been gathering wattle-gum, and with this he had been modelling a kangaroo--a perfect model of one, tail, ears, and all complete.”
Goolahwilleel deceived his mother and sisters by presenting a gum model as a kangaroo.(Tale 21 · Goolahwilleel The Topknot Pigeons · 📍 the camp)
- With: the mother (Tale 21)
- “Seeing him coming, and also seeing that he was carrying the promised kangaroo, his mother and sisters said: “Ah, Goolahwilleel spoke truly. He has kept his word, and now brings us a kangaroo.”
Goolahwilleel’s mother and sisters beat him for deceiving them and forbade him to go out alone.(Tale 21 · Goolahwilleel The Topknot Pigeons)
- With: the mother (Tale 21)
- “But his mother and sisters did not smile. They seized him and gave him a good beating for deceiving them. They told him he should never go out alone again, for he only played instead of hunting, though he knew they starved for meat.”
The Goolahwilleels began travelling in flocks to search for food rather than going singly.(Tale 21 · Goolahwilleel The Topknot Pigeons)
- “And so for ever the Goolahwilleels went in flocks, never more singly, in search of food.”

parent: the mother (Tale 21) “His mother and sisters always expected that he would bring home kangaroo and emu for them.”

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