Dinewan (Tale 20)

Role: husband · First appears: Tale 20 · Dinewan The Emu, And Wahn The Crows

Life events

The wives discovered Dinewan sabotaging their shelter and decided to teach him a lesson.(Tale 20 · Dinewan The Emu, And Wahn The Crows)
- With: the watching wife (Tale 20) the other wife (Tale 20)
- “The one who was watching saw Dinewan laugh to himself and go and knock down the bark they had just put up, chuckling at the thought of his wives having to go out in the wet and cold to put it up, while he had his supper dry and comfortably inside. The one who saw him told the other, and they decided to teach him a lesson.”
The wives threw hot coals over Dinewan, badly burning him.(Tale 20 · Dinewan The Emu, And Wahn The Crows)
- With: the watching wife (Tale 20) the other wife (Tale 20)
- “So in they came, each with a piece of bark filled with hot coals. They went straight up to Dinewan, who was lying down laughing. ‘Now,’ they said, ‘you shall feel as hot we did cold.’ And they threw the coals over him. Dinewan jumped up, crying aloud with the pain, for he was badly burnt.”

married with the watching wife (Tale 20) “Dinewan and his two wives, the Wahn, were camping out.”
married with the other wife (Tale 20) “Dinewan and his two wives, the Wahn, were camping out.”

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