person may not marry into the generation of his parents or children."Other relationships were bestowed during initiation but also when a youth was earmarked for a special role in the tribe. This involved an individual entering into a form of training and being given an appropriate totemic name. "In central, north and north-western Australia, native doctors have spirit snake (names), that are associated with the mythical Rainbow (and) in western Arnhem Land there are song-makers, or song-men, who specialize in Gossip Songs dealing with contemporary people. A songman of this kind usually attributes each new song to a non-inherited familiar, a spirit or creature which reveals it to him during a dream." (Berndt,1992,pp233)The primary relationships of Aboriginal males compared to the western system, are summarized as follows: Western / Aboriginal: Grandfather / Grandfather Grandfathers Brother / Grandfather Father / Father Aunt (Father's sister)/ Aunt and her children cousins. Uncle (Father's brother) / Father and his male children brothers. Mother / Mother Aunt (Mothers Sister) / Mother and her female children sisters. Uncle (Mothers Brother) / Uncle and his children cousins. Brother / Brother and his children sons and daughters. Sister / Sister and her children nephews and nieces....
