Pantjiti Lionel & Ungakini Tjangala

The artists’ favourite milpatjunanyi/sand story. About a man Eagle and his two wives, crow and cockatoo. Crow was the first wife, and Cockatoo the younger and more beautiful. Crow became jealous as Eagle kept giving her the best meat and staged a plan for revenge. One day when out gathering bush foods, Crow killed the pregnant Cockatoo and then pretended to Eagle that Cockatoo had had her baby and was staying in the bush (as was the traditional way). For a long time she pretended, telling Eagle what a beautiful baby it was until he started to become suspicious. Eventually he found Cockatoo’s dead body while hunting and returned to camp and killed Crow.