Creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being in Australian Aboriginal mythology
For the town in Australia, see Bunjil, Western Australia.
Bunjil, also spelt Bundjil, is a creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being, often depicted as a wedge-tailed eagle in Australian Aboriginal mythology of some of the Aboriginal peoples of Victoria.
Bunjil, also spelt Bundjil, is a creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being, often depicted as a wedge-tailed eagle in Australian Aboriginal mythology...
brother of Bunjil the eaglehawk, but lived apart from him. Once, Bunjil asked him to come and live with him, but Balayang replied that Bunjil's country was...
Rogers in recognition of the indigenous people of the area. It depicts Bunjil, a mythical creature in the culture of the local Wautharong Aboriginal people...
trespassers.[citation needed] Boonwurrung moieties classified people either as Bunjil, that is eaglehawk or Waang, namely raven. Information on traditional life...
ancestral hero Balayang, bat deity and brother of Bunjil Binbeal, Kulin rainbow deity and son of BunjilBunjil, Kulin creator deity and ancestral being, represented...
mythology[which?], Binbeal is a spirit associated with rainbows. He is a son of Bunjil. Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (1930). "The Rainbow-Serpent Myth in South-East...
Geelong, Melbourne and beyond. The You Yangs are home to a geoglyph of Bunjil, a Dreamtime creator deity to some of the Indigenous people of Victoria...
Djab wurrung peoples, Gariwerd was central to the dreaming of the creator, Bunjil, and buledji Brambimbula, the two brothers Bram, who were responsible for...
site at different branch locations or in the offices of either Council. Bunjil Place Library first opened as Narre Warren Library in Malcolm Court, Narre...
Major ancestral spirits include the Rainbow Serpent, Baiame, Dirawong and Bunjil. Similarly, the Arrernte people of central Australia believed that humanity...
Major ancestral spirits include the Rainbow Serpent, Baiame, Dirawong and Bunjil.[citation needed] Knowledge contained in the Dreaming has been passed down...
giant spider Balayang (Australian Aboriginal) – Bat-god and brother to Bunjil Camazotz (Mayan) – Bat spirit and servant of the lords of the underworld...
totems of the Woiwurrung people are Bunjil the Eaglehawk and Waang the Crow. Bunjil & Pallian Creation Story: Bunjil is the Creator spirit of the Kulin...
sky god Bila (sun), cannibalistic sun goddess Binbeal, god of rainbows Bunjil, Kulin creator and sky god Daramulum, one-legged emu sky god Numakulla,...
a patrilineal system. Like other Kulin peoples, there are two moieties: Bunjil the eagle and Waa the crow. The Dja Dja Wurrung ethnonym is often analysed...
Altair and Vega as birds. The Koori people of Victoria also knew Altair as Bunjil, the wedge-tailed eagle, and β and γ Aquilae are his two wives the black...
a Victorian indigenous word for "young eagle", an alternate spelling of Bunjil) was developed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation at Fishermans Bend...
universe (though this role is sometimes taken by other gods like Yhi or Bunjil) and at least among the Gamilaraay traditionally revered above other mythical...
represented his wives. The Kulin Kooris saw Antares (Balayang) as the brother of Bunjil (Altair). Antares appears in the flag of Brazil, which displays 27 stars...