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Ungud, snake deity associated with rainbows and the fertility and erections of the tribe's shamans; Wagyl, Noongar snakelike creator being; Wati-kutjara, a pair of western Australian lizard-men; Wirnpa a rainmaking snake who created the land around Percival Lakes during the Dreaming; Wondjina, Mowanjum cloud or rain spirits
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 Wagyl stories may represent the survival in oral tradition of extinct Australian megafauna, as there was a python-like snake, Wonambi naracoortensis, with a length of five to six metres (16 to 20 ft). [1]
Wandjina rock art on the Barnett River, Mount Elizabeth Station. The Wandjina, also written Wanjina and Wondjina and also known as Gulingi, are cloud and rain spirits from the Wanjina Wunggurr cultural bloc of Aboriginal Australians, depicted prominently in rock art in northwestern Australia.
Aboriginal spirituality includes the Dreamtime (the Dreaming), songlines, and Aboriginal oral literature. Aboriginal spirituality often conveys descriptions of each group's local cultural landscape, adding meaning to the whole country's topography from oral history told by ancestors from some of the earliest recorded history. Most of these ...
What is the deeper spiritual meaning behind the snake symbol? "The snake's spiritual meaning has long been associated with healing and change," says Wilson. "Snakes represent the cycle of death ...
From the ouroboros (a snake eating its own tail in a circle like shape) to the cosmic rainbow serpent, snake dreams can alert you to your state of consciousness and well-being, as well as the ...
Snake Island in the middle of the river, on the right is Pelican Island and in the background is Goanna Headland. In Australian Aboriginal mythology (specifically Bundjalung, from the northern New South Wales coast and South-East Queensland) Dirawong is a goanna Ancestral Being who taught humans how to live on the land, as well as important ceremonies and rituals.