|Total Internet Resource| In Northern Australia the Didjeridu is
seen as a phallic symbol and therefore a male instrument. Women
are prohibited from playing. Stories of the Didjeridu vary from
place to place among the different language-speaking groups in
this large continent. In the beginning, in the North of
Australia, a giant captured two young girls to be his wives. One
day they escaped and made their way back to their tribal people.
The tribal elders knew the giant would ccme looking for his
brides so they dug a huge pit along the path leading to their
home camp as a trap. They waited behind an anthill. In his anger
and haste, the giant came running and fell into the pit. The
tribal hunters threw their spears, mortally wounding him. The
giant curled into a ball in his death throes. As he curled into
himself he began to blow on his penis, making an eerie droning
sound. He rolled and roared, thrashing around in the pit, the
deep drone of his penis thrummed through the earth and caused
the birds to fly high