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At the centre of the painting is a waterhole called Mowrungarrin (shown as a circle of yellow dots). Diamonds have been discovered here. The waterhole is surrounded by hills; the red hill is called Dairelingin. The blue areas are
balalin, large flat rocks also known as "blood rocks". The striped hills to the left are the Karrngin Ngarrangkarni (Moon Dreaming). The hill on the right is Karrngin, the moon, and to his left is Dowunn, the Black Headed Snake, his mother-in-law. In the
Ngarrangkarni, Karrngin came back from hunting kangaroo and saw a girl sitting with her mother. She was very beautiful with long black hair and he fell in love with her instantly. This girl was Dowunn. The people asked him whom he wanted for his wife. He told them he
loved that girl, but they said: "No, she´s your mother-in-law!" They asked him again whom he wished to marry, pointing to some suitable young women. Once again Karrngin pointed to Dowunn. He was banished by the people as it was taboo for mother-in-law and son-in-law
to marry. Angrily Karrngin climbed a hill and rose into the sky. As he left he told the people that they would all die, but that he would come back to life every month.
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