Aboriginal Mythology

Alchera: Dream Time. It is when the ancestral spirits of aboriginal tribes roamed the earth

Altjira: God of the Alchera; sky father of Aranda tribes of central australia

Anjea: Animistic fertility spirit

Bagadjimbiri: Two brother gods of whom are believed to have created the earth (belief held by the Karadeji tribes of northwestern australia)

Baiame: Ancient sky god and “father of all things”; Master of life and death; Totemic ancestor of the Kamilaroi tribe

Bamapana: Hero and trickster of the Murnging tribe of northern australia

Banaitja: Creator Deity

Biame: The “Great One” creator

Bobbi-Bobbi: One of the ancestral snakes of the Binbinga tribe of northern australia

Brolga: “Native Companion” she is honoured by the aborigines of australia, she was a dancer of great fluidity and beauty

Bunbulama: Goddess of the rain

Bunjil: Supreme God and creator of the Kulin and Wurunjerri people of australia

Bunyip: Bellowing water monster from aboriginal legend; believed to bring diseases. The name comes from the aboriginal word meaning “devil” or “spirit”

Daramulum: Sky god of the Wiradyuri and Kamilaroi tribes. Son of Baiame; intermediary between Baiame and humans

Dhakhan: Ancestral spirit of the Kabi tribe

Dilga: Earth Goddess of the Karadjeri tribe

Djanggawul: Divine trinity of the north australian mythology. The Djanggawul consisted of two sisters and a brother that came to earth via Beralku (island of the dead); The Djanggawul gave the landscape its shape and vegetation

Djunkgao: Sisters named on their travels; made totem wells with their yam sticks

Eingana: World creator; the birth mother; maker of all water, land, animals and kangaroos

Erathipa: A giant boulder in the shape of a pregnant woman. It is believed that the souls of dead children reside within it, if a woman of child-bearing age walks past this boulder, its is said that a soul of a child will pass into the womb and be reborn

Galeru: Mythicial giant rainbow snake; symbol of the maintenance of life

Gnowee: Sun goddess of the aboriginal people of southwest australia

Inapertwa: Creatures from which the numbakulla formed

I’wai: Crocodile totemic culture of the hero of the Koko Ya’o Tribe

Julana: God of the Jumu tribe. He delights in chasing women

Julunggul: Great goddess of the aborigines of australia; oversees the transition of boys into manhood

Kalseru: Northwestern rainbow serpent; associated with fertility and rain

Karora: The creator

Kidili: Moon man of the Mandjindja mythology

Kunapipi: Mother goddess of the northern aboriginal tribes

Kutjara: With Wati, they are two male ancestors who taught people to keep in touch with the dream time

Makara: The seven sisters who became the constellation of Pleiades

Mamaragan: Man of lightning, he rides on a thundercloud throwing bolts of lightning to men and trees. His voice is the thunder

Mangar-Kunjer-Kunja: Lizard creator god of the Aranda

Minawara: One of two ancestral heroes of the Nambutji tribe

Mokoi: Evil spirit. He is said to strike down a person because of the black magic of a sorcerer

Mura-Mura: Dream time and ancestral spirits of the australian dieri

Ngariman: Cat man who fought and slew the brothers Bagadjimbiri

Nogomain: Australian giver of spirit children

Pundjel: Southeastern australian creator

Tjilpa: Ancestral totemic cat-men

Tjinimin: Totemic ancestor

Ulanji: One of the snake ancestors of the Binbinga tribe of northern australia

Ungud: Hermaphrodite snake god; associated with the rainbow and the erections of the medicine men

Walo: Sun Goddess; said that she lived with her daughter Bara and Madalait, the world mother

Waramurungundi: First woman; all creating mother of australia; she gave birth to the earth and fashioned all the living creatures

Wati-Kutjara: Lizard men and the iguana is their totem

Wawalag: Pair of fertility goddesses of Arnhemland

Wollunqua: Giant snake; associated with the rainbow and is worshipped as a creator of life

Wondjina: Primal beings of the aborigines; cloud and rain spirits

Wuluwaid: Male rainmaker

Wuragag: First man; husband of Waramurungundi

Wuriupranili: Sun goddess. It was said that she lit bark to use as a torch, carrying the flame through the sky from the east to the west

Yara-ma-yha-who: Folklore Legend; Vampire like being

Yhi: Goddess of light and the creator goddess of the Karraur tribe

Yurlungur: Great copper python; rainbow serpent of the water