Category: Australian Mythology

Potkoorok In Australian mythology, mischievous spirits who play tricks on fishermen. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S.…

Pallian In Australian mythology, brother of Pundjel, a creator god. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante…

Orokeet In Australian mythology, a name given to both a male and a female evil spirit. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition…

Numbakulla In Australian mythology, selfcreated sky gods who created humans from amorphous creatures. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by…

Ngunung-ngunnut In Australian mythology, the bat who created the first woman to remedy the imbalance in nature in which only men existed, according to the…

Ngarangs In Australian mythology, evil beings who resemble men, with long, flowing hair and beards. They live at the roots of old gum trees, coming…

Ngallenyook In Australian mythology, an evil spirit who sends sickness. Medicine men cannot destroy Ngallenyook. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition –…

Ngalalbal In Australian mythology, wife of the gigantic old god Baiame and mother of the creator god Daramulum. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend,…

Neulam-kurrk In Australian mythology, an evil female spirit who kidnaps children and eats them. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written…

Net-net In Australian mythology, small, hairy, mischievous people who have claws instead of fingernails and toenails. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition…