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KWAA
Waa or WAA may refer to: * Crow (Australian Aboriginal mythology) * Namatahi Waa (born 1990), New Zealand rugby union player * Wa (unit), a Thai unit of length * Waffenamt, a research and development agency of Nazi Germany * Wales Airport (Alaska) * Walla Walla language * War Assets Administration * West African Airlines, a Beninese airline * Westair Aviation, a Namibian airline * Western Association of Architects, a defunct professional body * Wiltshire Air Ambulance, serving Wiltshire, England * Women's Action Alliance, an American feminist organization * Workers Alliance of America, an American political organization * World Archery Asia * Woolclassers' Association of Australia {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crow (Australian Aboriginal Mythology)
In Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology, Crow is a trickster, culture hero and ancestral being. In the Kulin nation in central Victoria he is known as Waang (also Wahn or Waa) and is regarded as one of two moiety ancestors, the other being the more sombre eaglehawk Bunjil. Legends relating to Crow have been observed in various Aboriginal language groups and cultures across Australia. Crow steals fire One common Aboriginal Dreamtime story features Crow's role in bringing fire to mankind. According to oral storytelling by the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, in the Dreamtime fire had been a jealously-guarded secret of the seven Karatgurk women who lived by the Yarra River where Melbourne now stands. These women carried live coals on the ends of their digging sticks, allowing them to cook Murnong yams. One day Crow found a cooked yam and, finding it tastier than the raw vegetables he had been eating, decided he would cook his food from then on. However, the Karatg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
