Wominjeka (that’s “Welcome” in the Wurundjeri language). In this episode, Joemma explore the antipodean aspects of Aboriginal Australian Spiritualty. Between flying uteruses, yowies, being sung to death, The White Australia Policy, missionary positions, the inaugural Skunk Dick of The Universe and more tangents than you can point a bone at, it’s a dream of an episode. We tried to stay away from politics and be PC, but, well, that was an epic fail.
Emma
27 Responses to “Second Law #5: Indigenous Australian Beliefs”
The Dreaming seems very similar to the Xartus concept of the ancient proto-indo-european…
http://www.ceisiwrserith.com/pier/whatwasreligion.htm
The geographical feature of the river you mentioned is called an ox bow lake.
I thought this was removed from the irreligiosophy feed?
It still doesn’t show up on itunes for me. Is anyone else here using itunes?
It doesnt appear in the iTunes feed?
Praise jeebus
Nevermind, just loaded, 🙂
Re: Emma mispronouncing ‘possibly hundreds’ of words – she’s Australian, she mispronounces every word incorrectly.
Ba-dum-tish!
Aw fuck..
To “mispronounce incorrectly”, wouldn’t that mean to “pronounce correctly”?
It could just mean they’re mispronouncing it in a way that’s not sufficiently lulzy.
Shouldn’t that be uteri?
I loved this episode! I had books with traditional folk tales when I was a kid and one of them had Aboriginal stories. They were so wonderfully weird and koalas and kangaroos featured heavily and this podcast took me back. Thank you 🙂
Joe, congratulations on graduating!
Someone tell me why the Australian aboriginal people are uncomfortable with the discussion of a deceased person? Hence Emma’s warning at the beginning of the show.
I have come across a couple of reasons: One is as a mark of respect, and another is so as not to disturb the spirit of the deceased. The length of time this custom is implemented can vary based on the seniority etc of the deceased person.
Political Correctness wreaks of insincerity and is for the weak-willed. What I’m trying to say is, thanks for not dancing around the issues and being real.
The story about the earth-mother who gave away her uterus and vagina to the humans made me snort out my burrito – seriously who’d think this sh*t up? Also, emus are apparently idiots because they seemed to always get punk’d. Are they good eatin’?
Yeah, I was thinking the Emu wouldn’t have been fooled the second time around, but nope. And then she was suckered out of the nest the third time around. It’s a wonder these things aren’t extinct.
The “I’m fed up, here take my vag” story needed more commentary!
Emus are awesome:
http://www.allempires.net/forum/the-great-emu-war_topic123998_post1036.html
I’ll post some of my photos of the creatures referred to in this episode in the Second Law thread on the Irreligiosophy Forum. BTW, the bird sounds in the emu story were recorded from my front yard.
I think we talked quite enough about vaginas already, Chuck.
I’m pretty sure that’s not possible.
vaginas are gods greatest creation. also the ugliest too. maybe thats why some religions attempt to make them look better, but end up mutilating them.
it is like australian phone service for story telling for kids. what the fuck is that?
Skippy! Skippy! Skippy the bush kangaroo!!
Ahh, memories.
You guys get better every time. Good job
vaginas are the ugliest creation? what?! vaginas are one of the most pleasing things i have ever looked at, in all their multiplicity.
your work is getting better all the time jo and emma. i don’t think you’ve hit your creative stride yet, but i’m definitely a fan of at least one of you.
And dicks are just walking pieces of art!! Im looking forward to listening to this one, my experience with aboriginals usually ends up with them spitting at me and throwing bottles at my head whilst calling me a captain cook landstealing motherfucker.
speakin of vaginas though, I was called a stinky white mick by a particularly pleasant woman who had cracked a long neck of beer at 7 in the morning…….