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In Aboriginal mythology, Erathipa is a boulder that has the shape of a pregnant woman; contained within Erathipa are the souls of dead children which can inhabit the bodies of fertile young women. The fertility stone has an opening on one side. The idea implicit in all these rites, is that certain stones have the power to make sterile women fruitful, either because of the spirits of the ancestors that dwell in them, or because of their shape (the pregnant woman, "woman stone"), or because of their origin ("autogenesis").

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  • In Aboriginal mythology, Erathipa is a boulder that has the shape of a pregnant woman; contained within Erathipa are the souls of dead children which can inhabit the bodies of fertile young women. The fertility stone has an opening on one side. The tribes of central Australia have... a huge rock known as Erathipa, which has an opening in one side from which the souls of the children imprisoned in it watch for a woman to pass by so that they may be reborn in her. When women who do not want children go near the rock, they pretend to be old, and walk as if leaning on a stick, crying; "Don't come to me, I am an old woman!" The idea implicit in all these rites, is that certain stones have the power to make sterile women fruitful, either because of the spirits of the ancestors that dwell in them, or because of their shape (the pregnant woman, "woman stone"), or because of their origin ("autogenesis"). (en)
  • Dans la mythologie aborigène, Erathipa est un rocher qui a la forme d'une femme enceinte. À l'intérieur d'Erathipa se trouvent les âmes d'enfants morts qui peuvent se réincarner dans le ventre de jeunes femmes fertiles. Ceci n'était connu que des plus importants personnages parmi les anciens aborigènes. Cette roche est également connue sous le nom de Chockolia. Cette pierre de fertilité possède une ouverture sur un des côtés. Les âmes des enfants morts attendent qu'une femme passe à proximité pour pouvoir se réincarner en elle. Quand des femmes passent à proximité mais ne désirent pas d'enfant, elles se font passer pour des femmes âgées et marchent en s'appuyant sur un bâton et en criant "Ne venez pas à moi, je suis une vieille femme !". Ceci indique la croyance selon laquelle certaines pierres ont le pouvoir de rendre fertile une femme stérile, soit du fait des esprits des ancêtres qui demeurent à l'intérieur, soit à cause de leur forme ou de leur origine ("autogénèse"). (fr)
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  • In Aboriginal mythology, Erathipa is a boulder that has the shape of a pregnant woman; contained within Erathipa are the souls of dead children which can inhabit the bodies of fertile young women. The fertility stone has an opening on one side. The idea implicit in all these rites, is that certain stones have the power to make sterile women fruitful, either because of the spirits of the ancestors that dwell in them, or because of their shape (the pregnant woman, "woman stone"), or because of their origin ("autogenesis"). (en)
  • Dans la mythologie aborigène, Erathipa est un rocher qui a la forme d'une femme enceinte. À l'intérieur d'Erathipa se trouvent les âmes d'enfants morts qui peuvent se réincarner dans le ventre de jeunes femmes fertiles. Ceci n'était connu que des plus importants personnages parmi les anciens aborigènes. Cette roche est également connue sous le nom de Chockolia. (fr)
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