Shanna Seven Sisters Dreaming

Le temps du rêve de cette œuvre est associé à la légende des sept sœurs et décrit l’histoire ancestrale des sœurs Napaljarri qui sont visibles dans le ciel nocturne. Cet amas d’étoiles se situe dans la constellation du Taureau, plus communément appelé amas des Pléiades.

The Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa (seven sisters Dreaming) depicts the story of the seven ancestral Napaljarri sisters who are found in the night sky today in the cluster of seven stars in the constellation Taurus, more commonlly known as the Pleiades. The Pleiades are seven women of the Napaljarri skin group dans are often depicted in paintings of this Jukurrpa carryinf the Jampijinpa man « wardilyka » (the bush turkey « Ardeotis australias) who is love with the Napaljarri-warnu and who represents the Orion’s Belt cluster of stars.

Jukurra-Jukurra, the morning star, is a Jakamarra man who is also in love with the seven Napaljarri sisters and is often shown chasing them across the night sky. In a final attempt to escape from the Jakamarra the Napaljarri-warnu turned themselves into fire and ascended to the heravens to become stars.