Two King Brown snakes got up at the place Dhalan^gara and came this way from there. They did that at Dhalan^gara. They got up at the place Bamburuwi, then left it; they went along, then whatchamacallit? What the heck is it? They went along south, they went across the land.

Note: king brown snakes are large and deadly; the term n^guda-lhardharg is a frozen compound meaning 'rough-waist'.

They went along and. came out there at whatchamacallit place. After they came out they got up (and left again). They did that at the place Wuran^gulyu. Oops! Not Wuran^gulyu. They came out like that at Miladan^ga, the place Miladan^ga. After that they headed for Wuran^gulyu. They sang its song (i.e. of rituals).

After that they went along and emerged up into the open. They vomited out (unloaded) some children. They (the two snakes) went along then, they got up (and left). They did that at Abanaraya. They went along and came out at Nadun^gudun^gu. They went into the water after that.

They both went along. There they came out, they emerged out. At whatchamacallit, Marumaru. They came out and vomited them out there, the Gilyirin^ggilyiri. (The Gilyirin^ggilyiri said,) "We are the Gilyirin^ggilyiri." (The two snakes said to each other,) "Where shall we go? South, to Yilagala." Then they went into the water. They emerged at Mindibur. (Later on) they came out at whatchamacallit, Balgani.

Note: The Gilyirin^ggilyiri (or N^ggilyirin^ggilyiri) are the human-like beings in the major myths related to the secret Gunabibi ritual; some short texts concerning them more directly are presented later.

They (two snakes) looked around. They both went into the water and went along. Up ahead the Gilyirn^ggilyiri were calling out, "yi!" They (snakes) came out at Nayirinji. They came out (again) at Naburgunguyan^ga. (The Gilyirin^ggilyiri said,) "Oh! This is us here. What is this place? Is it Naburgunguyan^ga?" They (snakes) went away, they both went up onto the shore at Mann^galyi. They went south, heading for the plains. They went on. There was the place Milan^yja.

They caught up with one devil (ghost). (They said,) "It is us two. We have come. All right?" (Devil:) "Where did you two come from? From the north, from Dhalan^gara? Where are you going?" (Snakes:) "Yilagala." They said that to the devil. (Devil:) "Is that so?" They (two snakes) went south. They went to N^yawalgur. They took a look. They moved again, south, like that. They came out at Walgawalga. (Correction:) They came out at N^ganiwan^ggiri.

They said, "Oh! Someone is over there (not far away)!" They looked (and saw it). (it was Shark, mulur.) (It said,) "My eyes are no good, I cannot see. Is that so?" (They said,) "Yes! You stay right there!" They started to go. (Shark said,) "Where are you two going, south?" "We are going south, to Yilagala. Yes!" They went along. They emerged at whatchamacallit. (Another snake said,) "Who are you two?" (They answered,) "It is us, two king brown snakes." "Where are you two going?" "We are going south." They said that. At whatchamacallit place. They went down (toward the coast).

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From Wunubaryi they went down toward the coast. They went along. They looked, and there they saw another King Brown. (It said,) "Oh! Who are you two? My eyes are no good, I cannot see!" (They said,) "Is that so? You are blind!" (It said,) "Yes, I am. Yes?"

* The place name is wunubaryi, with Ablative -wala. The extra -n^yu- is an optional incremental ending used sporadically with place names designating locations in the Mara-language area (which now includes much of the former Warndarang area), at least for this speaker. It is really the Mara Locative suffix -n^yu(r), treated here as part of the stem

They (two king brown snakes) got up and went south. At whatchamacallit place. (Someone said to them,) "Where are you two going?" "We are going this way, toward Yilagala. Right?" (The other said to them,) "Fine! You two go (that way)!" They went along slowly. Finally they ran into a devil. They said (to each other) "Hey you! Someone is here!" (The devil said to them,) "Where are you two going?" "We are going south, to Yilagala. OK?"

They went along. They ran into another King Brown, (it said,) "It's me, King Brown!" (They said,) "It's us! King Browns!" (It said,) "Where did you go? From where did you come?" "From the north we are going toward Yilagala. Right? (We will) go. You, where will you stay?" (It said,) "Here." (They said,) "Fine! You stay here, while us two go south."

They went along. They ran into Euro (hill kangaroo, Macropus robustus). It looked and saw them. (It said,) "Oh! Who are you two?" (They said,) "It's us, two king brown snakes." (It said,) "Hey! We are all in the Murun^gun clan, aren't we? We are Murunsun. Where are you two going?" (They said,) "This way, south, to Yilagala."

Note: n^gi! with rising intonation (line 5 of preceding segment) is a tag question marker used mainly in languages south of Nunggubuyu and in local English creoles.

They (two snakes) went along and saw an eaglehawk (wedge-tailed eagle). (One snake said to the other,) "Hey you! There is someone coming up over here. It was going 'dilyag! dilyag!', someone is coming up over here." They kept going and caught up with it. (It said,) "Who are you two?" "It is us two, two king brown snakes, of the Murun^gun clan." "Oh! Where are you going?" "To Yilagala. This is all of us, right?"

They went along, and ran into the man Jiwajiwangala (of the Mamba:li clan or semimoiety). They listened, the wind could be heard blowing. He (J) was knocking a boomerang, knock-knock! (One king brown to the other:) "Hey you! There is someone coming up this way, from the south."

He (Jiwajiwangala, see 20.13) went along and saw them (the two snakes). "Hey, who are you two?" "It's us here, two king brown snakes." (J said,) "It's me here, Jiwajiwangali." "Where have you come from?" "From the south." "Where?" "From the south." "Is that so? Where are you going?" "(To) the place Mirimiri ji. I am going west, (to) Mirimiriji, and you two?" "To Yilagala." "Goodbye!"

* Stem bandiyan from creole and Aboriginal languages to south

They they both went along. They vomited out stone spearheads (i.e. made a flint quarry). They went along, and there not far away an eaglehawk was making its dilyag! sound. (One snake to the other:) "Hey you! Someone is coming up here! Who are you?" "It's me, Eaglehawk! And you two, where have you come from?" "It's us, two king browns. We are all (you included) Murun^gun, aren't we?" "Where are you two going?" "To Yilagala." "Fine! Goodbye!"

They went along, and there they saw a stone (hill) coming up to them (i.e. they were moving toward it). (One said to the other:) "Hey you! Here is a stone coming up, maybe that place Yilagala is there." They went along, and from here they both went through the ground. They put it (stone hill) down there. They emerged (from the ground) like this, and looked (and saw) the stone.

"Well, what do you think? We will stay here, here at this country, Yilagala. Let's stay here. Here is the place N^gurmu, and coming up here is Wunubaryi." They looked and saw a stone (hill) coming up, they did that. "Now let us stay here, all right?" "Yes!" They both stopped. They stayed at the place where they stopped.

"Yes! This water is good and deep! Here we will stay, at this place Yilagala. This place is named Yilagala." "All right, let's stay here at this place Yilagala. Along from there, here at Yilagala we will stay."

They stayed there then at Yilagala, that was the place's name. "We will stay at Yilagala, all right? We will not go there, (there are) many people over there. We will stay at Yilagala, all right? We will stay here." Right at that place those two stopped, at the place called Yilagala.