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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.
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
The local explanation is that the Mimi spirits painted the pictures themselves, and brought the rock down to ground level to do so. At the northern end of the main gallery can be seen a painting of a thylacine , or Tasmanian tiger, which has been extinct in the area for about 2000 years, and attests to the antiquity of the paintings.
Mimi / Mimih (or Mimi/Mimih Spirits) inhabited and traversed the interstitial space between the physical and spiritual world during the Dreamtime and acted as Guardians of our natural world. In artwork, they are often depicted as slender, waif-like, and ethereal white figures.
X-ray styles date back all the way to 2000–1000 BCE. It is an Indigenous technique where the artist creates conceptualised X-ray, transparent , images. The mimi, spirits who taught the art of painting to the Aboriginal people, and ancestors are "released" through these types of artwork.
Crusoe Kuningbal was a dancer, singer, painter and carver. He is known for creating ceremonial dance and songs as well as bark paintings of spirits. His bark paintings did not do well in the market, so not many were produced. [3] He is best known for his carved sculptures of mimih spirits. His sculptures are each titled Mimih Spirit.
Mimi's are mischievous spirits who are believed to possess mystical powers and live forever in the sacred indigenous beliefs. Other famous works are Mamarnde (bad Spirit), Yawk Yawk , Lambalk (Sugar Glider) Warrradjan (pig-nosed turtle), Kulabbarl (billabong), Makkakkurr (pelican), and Ngarrdj (Cockatoo).
Hōichi-dō (Hōichi's shrine) in Akama Shrine. Hoichi the Earless (耳なし芳一, Mimi-nashi Hōichi) is the name of a well-known figure from Japanese folklore. His story is well known in Japan, and the best-known English translation first appeared in the book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn.