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Badurru (Milky Way)
Baḏurru (Milky Way) dhäwu (story) is a significant creation story for the Ḻiyagalawumirr people. It is an account of two spirit beings in the form of miyalk (female) native cats (quolls) who attacked their husband, a glider possum. The glider possum, along with his tribesmen, attacked the native cats, spearing them to their death. The spirits of the native cats left their bodies and took form of goya (fish) in a nearby stream. The glider possums tribes men captured and ate the goya using a batjbarra (traditional fishtrap), discarding of their bones on the ground around them. In order to send the souls of the spirit beings off peacefully, Wäk (crow man) gathered the goya remains and placed them into the dupun (hollow log) before performing Baḏurru buŋngul (dance). At the completion of the buŋgul, Wäk and his tribesmen carried the dupun in to the sky where they scattered the bones of the spirit beings across the heavens, forming the creation of the Milky Way. The black hole on the dupun represents the black void beside the Milky Way, in which the dupun entered heavens.
