Yangman (Jangman, Yungmun)

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People were camped at a place called Chemorkummen, known also as Pagan Swamp on the Roper River. A boy was crying for some goanna tail, and he would not be quieted when people offered him other foods.

Far away, Kurrichalpongo, the black rock snake, was travelling. She came out of the ground, listened, and heard a child crying in the distance. She went underground again, going in the direction of the sound, occasionally coming up again to listen.

The people at Chemorkummen saw her come suddenly out of the ground. Her tongue flickered like lightning, and her fangs showed in her open gape. As she emerged from the ground, a great rush of water followed her. It filled the valley and killed all the people who were camped there.

Kurrichalpongo continued on to Moorinjairee, now called Newcastle Waters, which is where the dreamtime ended.

Roland Robinson, Legend and Dreaming (Sydney: Edwards & Shaw, 1952, 1967), 42. Also in: Roland Robinson, Aboriginal Myths and Legends (London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969), 66.