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Djanggawul, three creator-siblings of northeast Arnhem Land mythology; Djunkgao, a group of sisters associated with floods and ocean currents; Eingana (Jawoyn people) rainbow snake whose body during the rainy season releases animals and plants that the community relies on for food; Galeru, rainbow snake in Arnhem Land mythology who swallowed ...
Australian Aboriginal rock painting of the "Rainbow Serpent". The Rainbow Serpent or Rainbow Snake is a common deity often seen as the creator God, [1] known by numerous names in different Australian Aboriginal languages by the many different Aboriginal peoples. It is a common motif in the art and religion of many Aboriginal Australian peoples. [2]
In the mythology of the Aboriginal people of South Australia (specifically, the Adnyamathanha people from the Flinders Ranges), Akurra is a great snake deity, sometimes associated with the Rainbow Serpent. [1] Adnyamathanha elders describe it as a giant water snake with a beard mane, scales and sharp fangs, whose movements shaped the land.
Australian Aboriginal Rainbow Serpent The Wagyl (also written Waugal , Waagal , and variants) is the Noongar manifestation of the Rainbow Serpent in Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology , from the culture based around the south-west of Western Australia .
Rainbow serpent deities (6 P) Pages in category "Australian Aboriginal legendary creatures" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
Wollunqua, also written Wollunka or Wollunkua, is a snake-god of rain and fertility in Australian Aboriginal mythology of the Warramunga people of the Northern Territory of Australia, a variation of the "Rainbow Serpent" present in the mythology of many other Aboriginal Australian peoples. The snake, which emerged from a watering hole called ...
Australian Aboriginal gods (27 P) G. ... (12 P) R. Rainbow serpent deities (6 P) Pages in category "Australian Aboriginal deities"
Eingana made everything, Eingana had everything inside herself that first time, Eingana is a snake. She swallowed all the blackfellows. She took them inside herself, down under the water. Eingana came out. She was big with everything inside her. She came out of a big waterhole near Bamboo Creek. Eingana was rolling about, every way on the ground.