Goonur (the mother)

Also known as: Goonur, the mother / Mother Doctor · Role: woman-doctor · First appears: Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor

Life events

Goonur (the mother) found her drowned son and restored him to consciousness.(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor · 📍 the creek)
- With: Goonur (the son)
- “Soon her hope was realised, and after a violent twitching of the muscles her son regained consciousness.”
Goonur (the mother) secretly concealed her son and helped him return to hunting.(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor · 📍 the camp)
- With: Goonur (the son)
- “And thus they managed for some time to keep his return a secret; and little the wives knew that their husband was alive and in his mother's camp.”
Goonur (the mother) found her daughters-in-law dead and restored them to life.(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor · 📍 the creek)
- With: Guddah Beereeun
- “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 son) Guddah Beereeun
- “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:”
Goonur (the mother) died, accompanied by a falling star and thunder.(Tale 22 · Goonur, The Woman-Doctor)
- “And when the Mother Doctor died there was a beautiful, dazzlingly bright falling star, followed by a sound as of a sharp clap of thunder”

child: Goonur (the son) “Goonur was a clever old woman-doctor, who lived with her son, Goonur, and his two wives.”

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