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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 by John Mawurndjul, 1991. Musée du quai Branly, Paris. Balang Nakurulk (born 1951) was a highly regarded Australian contemporary Indigenous artist.He uses traditional motifs in innovative ways to express spiritual and cultural values, He is especially known for his distinctive and innovative creations based on the traditional cross-hatching style of bark painting technique ...
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]
The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture. Melbourne: Oxford UP, 2006. Print. McCulloch, Susan. Contemporary Aboriginal Art. A guide to the rebirth of an ancient culture. Rev.ed. Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2001. Print. McKnight, David. People, countries, and the rainbow serpent: systems of classification among the Lardil of Mornington ...
"Ban Ban [Springs] is a sacred site and has a Dreamtime association with the Rainbow Serpent which is believed to have surfaced there. It spoke to the elders of the tribe telling them the secrets of the sacred waters and how to use it. The Rainbow Serpent also told of talks he had had with the seven sisters and of the wonders he had seen while ...
Wunggurr is a variant on the Rainbow Serpent creator being belief, while the wandjina are local spirits, attached to places, and associated with particular clans. Although some local expressions use the two terms interchangeably, wungurr is a "more diffuse life force animating and underlying the particular manifestations of its power that find ...
Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology is the sacred spirituality represented in the stories performed by Aboriginal Australians within each of the language groups across Australia in their ceremonies. Aboriginal spirituality includes the Dreamtime (the Dreaming), songlines, and Aboriginal oral literature.
The Indigenous people of the area believe the lagoon is the resting place of Garriya, [2] the Rainbow Serpent, [3] an important figure in dreamtime legend. The lagoon was particularly significant to the Bigambul and Kamilaroi people, [ 4 ] who held the third stage of their joint male initiation ceremonies at this site.