Inapertwa Explained

In Aboriginal mythology (specifically: 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"^[1] of the Arrernte are named after individual Inapertwa formed into animals, then into humans.

References

• 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. 48.\Spencer, Sir Baldwin. (1904). Northern Tribes of Central Australia. London: Macmillan, p. 749.

Notes and References

1. 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.