Cookooburrah (mother)

Also known as: Cookooburrah, the laughing jackass · Role: mother of three sons; wife of Googarh · First appears: Tale 11 · The Cookooburrahs And The Goolahgool

In Tale 11, Cookooburrah, the laughing jackass, was married to Googarh, who was also married to Moodai. She was the mother of three sons: one grown up and living away from her, and two little boys. One day, she went hunting with Googarh and Moodai, leaving the two little Cookooburrahs at the camp. The three hunters were engulfed by a rushing stream and drowned.

Relationship record

Life events

• Googarh was married to Moodai and Cookooburrah.(Tale 11 · The Cookooburrahs And The Goolahgool)
  • With: Googarh Moodai (Tale 11)
  • “Googarh, the iguana, was married to Moodai, the opossum and Cookooburrah, the laughing jackass.”
• Googarh and his wives went hunting, leaving the two little Cookooburrahs without water.(Tale 11 · The Cookooburrahs And The Goolahgool)
  • With: Googarh Moodai (Tale 11) the two little Cookooburrahs (Tale 11)
  • “One day, Googarh, the iguana, and his two wives went out hunting, leaving the two little Cookooburrahs at the camp.”
• Cookooburrah was the mother of three sons, including the two little boys.(Tale 11 · The Cookooburrahs And The Goolahgool)
  • With: the two little Cookooburrahs (Tale 11)
  • “Cookooburrah was the mother of three sons, one grown up and living away from her, the other two only little boys.”
• Googarh and his wives drowned in the rushing stream.(Tale 11 · The Cookooburrahs And The Goolahgool)
  • With: Googarh Moodai (Tale 11)
  • “And the three hunters were soon engulfed in the rushing stream, drawn down by the current and drowned.”

Tale 11 · The Cookooburrahs And The Goolahgool

• married with Googarh “Googarh, the iguana, was married to Moodai, the opossum and Cookooburrah, the laughing jackass.”
• child: Cookooburrah (big brother) “Cookooburrah was the mother of three sons, one grown up and living away from her, the other two only little boys.”
• child: the two little Cookooburrahs (Tale 11) “Cookooburrah was the mother of three sons, one grown up and living away from her, the other two only little boys.”

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