Editing Inapertwa

{{Short description|Ancestral creatures with which the Numakulla modelled all life in Arrernte mythology}}
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In [[Aboriginal mythology]] (specifically: [[Arrernte language|Arrernte]]), the '''Inapertwa''' are the simple, ancestral creatures with which the [[Numakulla]] modelled all life (plant, animals, birds) on [[Earth]]. From these they formed human beings. The "totems"<ref>[https://books.google.pt/books?id=-nN1kdzBGJIC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=arrernte+totem&source=bl&ots=Mvqpl3hP6Z&sig=ACfU3U1EZ0dgmN5H1Xzf0DLbn2ZICTzZEg&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKtv384c7uAhWLecAKHfdRBx4Q6AEwAnoECAMQAg|An inaccurate term.]</ref> of the Arrernte are named after individual Inapertwa formed into animals, then into humans.

== References ==
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* Leach, Maria, ed. (1984). ''Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend.'' New York: HarperCollins.
* Roberts, Ainslie and Charles P. Mountford. (1973). ''The Dreamtime Book: Australian Aboriginal Myths.'' Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, p.&nbsp;48.\Spencer, Sir Baldwin. (1904). ''Northern Tribes of Central Australia.'' London: Macmillan, p.&nbsp;749.

[[Category:Australian Aboriginal legendary creatures]]
[[Category:Arrernte]]


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