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Aboriginal rock painting of Mimi spirits in the Anbangbang gallery at Nourlangie Rock. Mimis (or Mimih spirits [1]) are fairy-like beings of Arnhem Land in the folklore of the Aboriginal Australians of northern Australia. They are described as having extremely thin and elongated bodies, so thin as to be in danger of breaking in case of a high wind.
Crusoe Kuningbal primarily focused his artwork on portraying the mimih. [2] Mimih spirits are tall, thin, fragile spirit beings that inhabit Arnhem Land, specifically rocky areas and act in mischievous ways. [2] In the beginning of his career as a sculptor of mimih spirits in the 1980s, they sold from $12-$50. [3]
Their name "chaneque" derives from the Nahuatl term ohuican chaneque, meaning "those who dwell in dangerous places", and they seem to have originally been guardian spirits of craggy mountains, woods, springs, caves, etc. Today, they are usually described as having the appearance of a toddler, with the wrinkled face of a very old person.
Loo-errn, spirit ancestor and guardian of the Brataualung people; Nargun, fierce half-human, half-stone creature of Gunai legend; Thinan-malkia, evil spirit who captures victims with nets that entangle their feet; Tiddalik, frog of southeast Australian legend who drank all the water in the land, and had to be made to laugh to regurgitate it
Depictions of the Mimih spirits is abundant in the region's rock art, and some say that the Mimih painted the art themselves to reveal their way of life. [ 6 ] Kunningbul was the first and only Maningrida artist to depict Mimih figures in sculptural form from the 1960s to the 1980s, despite the subject being a commonplace in bark paintings from ...
Another well known painting is Yawk Yawk, a depiction of female water spirits. [6] Bardayal illustrates the yawkyawk in a new way that is different from the traditional images. [6] Instead of having legs on land and a fish tail in the water, he paints legs inside of the fish tail. [6] He is creating dynamic tension, creating a sense of ...
Sun spirit, creator Innu: Kanipinikassikueu: Provider of caribou [4] Matshishkapeu: Spirit of the anus [4] Inuit: Igaluk: Lunar deity Nanook: Master of bears Nerrivik: Sea mother and food provider Pinga: Goddess of the hunt, fertility, and medicine Sedna: Sea goddess, ruler of the underworld Torngasoak: Sky god Iroquois: Adekagagwaa: Summer ...
This being is the pet of a local storm god, who rides him through the skies during hurricanes. Lives beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Name clearly jumped from Mayan storm god (Huracan), to Taino name for the weather phenomenon (Juracan), to this creature around the Texas-Louisiana coast.