Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Knaritja" | Australia | The earth and the sky had always existed and had always been the home of Supernatural Beings. The western Aranda believe that the sky is inhabited by an emu-footed Great Father (Knaritja), who is also the Eternal Youth (altjira nditja). He has dog-footed wives and many sons and daughters. "They lived on fruits and vegetable foods in an eternally green land, unaffected by droughts, through which the milky Way flowed like a broad river...".' They have an Eden-like place where only trees, fruits and flowers flourish. All these sky-dwellers are seen as ageless and beyond death. The Aranda, Australia |
"Kunapipi Alawa" | Australia | Type of magna mater, rather unpleasant who is still a part of the rite of påśśage for males Australia |
"Kunmanngur" | Australia | Is a serpent from an Aboriginal tale, "The Flood and the bird Men", told by Kianoo Tjeemairee of the Murinbata tribe. There are many names for the Rainbow serpent in Aboriginal mythology, depending on location and language. It is a powerful symbol of fertility and creation. Australia |
Spirit name "Kutji" | Australian aboriginal | Animistic spirits. Malevolent beings who conceal themselves in undergrowth and rock crevices and manifest as animals and birds, including eagles, crows, owls, kangaroos and emus. Kutji are considered to have taken over wild creatures if their behavior åśśumes unfamiliar patterns. Only shamans may contain the influence of these spirits. Otherwise, they possess the potential to inflict disease and death on to human beings.... |
Goddess name "Madalait" | Australia | Creator goddess and the sister-in-law of Wala, a Sun goddess. Australia |
God name "Mangar-kunjer-kunja" | Australia | A lizard god who created humans. He found the first beings, Rella manerinja, on one side of a hill; they were fused together and he separated them with a knife and cut holes for their mouths, ears, and noses, then gave them the knife, spear, shield, fire, boomerang, and the tjurunga, and lastly gave them a system of marriage. Australia |
God name "Mungan Ngour" | Australian aboriginal | Creator god. Chiefly revered among the Kurnai Koori aborigines in Victoria State. The Southern Lights or Aurora australis are regarded as a sign of his displeasure when the law and order given to humankind by the gods are abused. His son is Tundun, who is responsible for the secret ceremonies originally divulged only to men and including the initiation rights of påśśage from boyhood to maturity. When these were revealed to women, the Dreamtime ended, a period of chaos ensued and Mungan Ngour elected to live henceforth in the sky.... |
Spirit name "Nepelle" | Australia | The ruler of the heavens and the father of all spirits. Australia |
God name "Ngunyari" | Australia | A sky god important in initiation ceremonies having made the bull-roarer and established the rules regarding it. The Ungarinyin, Australia |
Spirit name "Nogomain" | Australia | Nogamain, a god who gives spirit children to mortal parents. He created himself from nothingness. Australia |
Deities name "Numbakulla" | Australia | Were two sky gods who created all life on earth, including humans, from the Inapertwa. Afterwards, they became lizards. The Numakulla are sometimes described as a dual-aspect deity rather than two separate deities. Australia |
Goddess name "Numma Moiyuk" | Australia | Goddess of fertility. Australia |
God name "Nurelli (Nooralie)" | Australian aboriginal | Creator god. Chiefly revered among the Wiimbaio aborigines living in the area of the Murray River, he is believed to have created the land of Australia and then brought law and order to humankind. His son is Gnawdenoorte.... |
"Nurundere 'made everything'" | Australia | Nurundere is but an idealised wizard and hunter, with a rival of his species. Narrinyeri, Australia |
"Nyege" | Australia | The supreme being at Fowler's Bay, Australia |
God name "Pallian" | Australia | God Australia |
God name "Papang" | Australia | Creator and sky god who lives in the moon. Australia |
God name "Pilirin" | Australia | God of fire who taught men to make fire. Australia |