Series 05

STORY 1
Blue Mountain Butterfly
as told by Cheri Yavu-Kama Haranthunian - QLD

A story of a mothers love, identity and creation

Synopsis:
This story tells about a couple who were very fair and their children were fair also and one day the woman while sitting under the waterfall in the rainforest, eavesdrops on her husband and other men doing business. After the men had left, the sad woman went to the pool, the water became very angry at her for over hearing and seeing men’s business. As punishment the pool orders her to return to the pool once her new baby son is born and give up her child. The water also warned the woman not to speak a word to anyone about what she had seen and heard that day and the woman agreed and returned back to the camp.

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