Category: Australian Mythology

Knaninja In Australian mythology, name for totem ancestors who live in the sky as spirits. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition –…

Jurawadbad In Australian mythology, snake man, married to a woman who refused to have sexual relations with him. In anger he turned himself into a…

Julana In Australian mythology, son of Njirana among the Jumu in western Australia, who is in constant pursuit of women with his gigantic penis. SOURCE:…

Inapertwa In Australian mythology, two sky gods who formed human beings with stone knives. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written…

Goonnear In Australian mythology, the evil carpet snake. He is the opposite of the wombat snake, Biggarro, who aids man to the spirit land, the…

Goin In Australian mythology, an evil spirit in the form of an old man with claws like an eagle hawk and feet like an alligator.…

Gidja In Australian mythology, one of the names of the moon, a male god who created the first woman by castrating Yalungur, the Eagle Hawk.…

Eruncha In Australian mythology, devils who turn people into medicine men. In some accounts, however, the Eruncha are said to eat medicine men. SOURCE: Encyclopedia…

dreamtime In Australian mythology, the primeval past when spirits, gods, and ancestors walked on earth. A person’s “dreaming” is his or her share of the…

The Djanggawul are in Australian mythology, primeval beings, two sisters and a brother and their companion Bralbral, who traveled across the earth. The Djanggawul brother…