Arkaroo
Ringkasan
Arkaroo adalah ular raksasa dari era Dreamtime yang meminum seluruh air di Lake Frome dan membentuk lembah Gammon Ranges di South Australia.
Arkaroo is a giant Dreamtime serpent who drank Lake Frome dry and carved the valleys of the Gammon Ranges in South Australia.
Kisah dan tradisi
Dalam mitologi Aboriginal di South Australia pada masa Dreamtime, Arkaroo adalah sosok ular raksasa yang meminum seluruh air di Lake Frome hingga menjadikannya dataran garam. Karena kekenyangan dan kelelahan, ia melata menuju pegunungan di sebelah barat dan lekukan tubuhnya mengukir lembah-lembah Gammon Ranges di kawasan Flinders Ranges utara. Saat diserang oleh makhluk mistis lainnya, jejak air yang keluar dari tempat istirahatnya membentuk mata air seperti Arkaroola Springs. Suara gemuruh di pegunungan konon merupakan deru sang ular, dan namanya diabadikan pada berbagai tempat seperti Arkaroola Village serta Arkaroo Rock di Wilpena Pound. Menurut kisah masyarakat Adnyamathanha, Arkaroo tinggal di Gammon Ranges, di selatan Arkaroola. Karena sangat haus, ia turun ke dataran dan menghabiskan air Lake Frome dan Lake Callabonna. Air asin yang begitu banyak membuatnya sakit perut, dan masyarakat percaya itulah penyebab gemuruh dari bawah tanah di Gammon Ranges. Penjelasan lain menyebut bunyi itu berasal dari getaran kecil di sepanjang garis sesar akibat penyesuaian kerak bumi setelah wilayah itu terangkat. Paralana Hot Springs disebut sebagai salah satu lubang air terpenting yang ditinggalkan Arkaroo.
In the Dreamtime traditions of South Australia, the Arkaroo is a gigantic serpent who drank the entire waters of Lake Frome, leaving behind a vast salt pan. Burdened by water and fatigue, the snake retired into the western mountains, carving out the valleys of the Gammon Ranges in the northern Flinders Ranges. Assailed by other mystic beasts, water released during his resting pauses created desert oases like Arkaroola Springs. Deep subterranean rumbles in the mountains are attributed to the serpent, lending its name to Arkaroola Village and the Arkaroo Rock in Wilpena Pound. In Adnyamathanha stories, Arkaroo lived in the Gammon Ranges south of Arkaroola. Being very thirsty, he slid down onto the plains and emptied both Lake Frome and Lake Callabonna. So much salty water gave him a bellyache, which people believed caused the rumblings from beneath the ground in the Gammon Ranges. An alternative explanation attributes the sounds to minor tremors along fault lines as the crust readjusted after uplift of the area. Paralana Hot Springs is described as one of the most important waterholes left by Arkaroo.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Aborigin Australia
- Kawasan / Region
- Oseania
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Dragon
- Habitat
- Water
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Nama Arkaroo diabadikan menjadi nama tempat di South Australia seperti Arkaroola Springs dan Arkaroo Rock di Wilpena Pound.
The name of Arkaroo gave rise to notable landmarks including Arkaroola Springs and the Arkaroo Rock in Wilpena Pound.