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Encyclopedia > Karora

In Australian aboriginal mythology (specifically Gurra and Bandicoot), Karora is a creator god. He was born in a lake and, after fathering many children, he returned there to slumber. The Aborigines of Australia have a polytheistic, animistic religion. ... Families and Genera Chaeropodidae Chaeropus Peramelidae Isoodon Perameles Peroryctes Echymipera Microperoryctes Rhynchomeles A bandicoot is any of about 20 species of small to medium-sized, terrestrial marsupial omnivores in the order Peramelemorphia. ...


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  • A town in Erythrea
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  • In Hungarian, when written with accented "o" (karĂ³ra) means wristwatch
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Dreamtime (1524 words)
Karora and the Dreamtime: An Aranda Intichiuma Ceremony
Karora begins to think, to desire, and from his navel, from his armpits, bandicoots burst through the earth, and spring to life.
Karora, his sons search for the sound, stabbing at all the bandicoot nests with their sticks.
Misal Karorasinghia (763 words)
The founder of the jatha or band of warriors that subsequently acquired the size and power of a misl, was Shiam Singh of Narli who had battled with the invading forces of Nadir Shah in 1739.
Karam Singh fell fighting against Ahmad Shah Durrani in January 1748 and was succeeded by Karora Singh.
Karora Singh confined his activities to the tract lying south of the Kangra hills in Hoshiarpur district, and had seized several important towns such as Hoshiarpur, Hariana and Sham Chaurasi before he died in 1761.
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