Ngaljod

The Rainbow Serpent of the Oenpelli area, Arnhem Land, with whom the totemic hero Kunapipi is sometimes identified. He causes waterholes to overflow and drowns people if he is disturbed.

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References

Sources

  • Eliade, Mircea. (1973). Australian Religions. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, p. 112.
  • Mountford, Charles P. (1958). The Tiwi: Their Art, Myth, and Ceremony. London: Phoenix House, p. 155.