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  2. Mimi (folklore) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of beings referred to as fairies - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of Australian Aboriginal mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Crusoe Kuningbal - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Crusoe Kurddal - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Cleverman - Wikipedia

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    Rock painting of Mimih spirits, often associated with clevermen, in Kakadu National Park A cleverman is a traditional healer and keeper of culture in many Aboriginal cultures of Australia . [ 1 ] The roles, terms for, and abilities of a cleverman vary between different Aboriginal nations.

  8. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Shōjō – anthropomorphic spirit, depicted as furred, somewhat confounded with orangutan (Japan) Shug Monkey – dog/monkey (Britain) Sun Wukong (proper name) – powerful warrior-magician in the form of a monkey who hatched from a stone egg (China) Vanara – humanoid apes or monkeys (India, Hindu)

  9. Lists of deities - Wikipedia

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    This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere