Mircea Eliade "From Primitives to Zen": THE MOON AND RESURRECTION:

AN AUSTRALIAN MYTH

In one of the Wotjobaluk legends it is said that at the time when all animals were men and women, some died, and the moon used to say, 'You up-again,' and they came to life again. There was at that time an old man who said, 'Let them remain dead.' Then none ever came to life again, except the moon, which still continued to do so.

A. W. Howitt, The Native Tribes of South-East Australia (London, 1904), P. 429

Bibliography for this page:

• Alfred William Howitt “The Native Tribes of South-East Australia”

Books by Mircea Eliade:

• Mircea Eliade, Mac Linscott Ricketts “Journal IV, 1979-1985 (Journal)”
• Mircea Eliade, Alf Hiltebeitel, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona “A History of Religious Ideas: From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms (History of Religious Ideas) Vol.3”
• Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask “The Myth of the Eternal Return: Or, Cosmos and History”
• Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask “Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth”
• Mircea Eliade “The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structure of Alchemy”
• Mircea Eliade, Philip Mairet “Images and Symbols”
• Mircea Eliade “The Quest: History and Meaning in Religion (Midway Reprint)”
• Mircea Eliade “Two Strange Tales”
• Mircea Eliade, Catherine Spencer “Bengal Nights: A Novel”
• Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask “History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity (History of Religious Ideas)”

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