Spirit beings of north-western Australian Aboriginal mythology
For the ABC-TV series, see Wandjina!
Wandjina rock art on the Barnett River, Mount Elizabeth Station
The Wandjina, also written Wanjina and Wondjina and also known as Gulingi, are cloud and rain spirits from the Wanjina Wunggurr cultural bloc of Aboriginal Australians, depicted prominently in rock art in northwestern Australia. Some of the artwork in the Kimberley region of Western Australia dates back to approximately 4,000 years ago. Another closely related spirit entity is the creator being Wunngurr, a being analogous to the Rainbow Serpent in other Aboriginal peoples' belief systems, but with a different interpretation.
The stories of the Wandjina and the artwork depicting them remain important to the Mowanjum Community of Aboriginal people, and are one of the basic cultural elements of the Wanjina Wunggurr cultural bloc, which includes four Aboriginal peoples in the Kimberley.
The Wandjina, also written Wanjina and Wondjina and also known as Gulingi, are cloud and rain spirits from the Wanjina Wunggurr cultural bloc of Aboriginal...
other to be the enemy and confront each other. The original members were: Wandjina: The group leader. Named after an Aboriginal Australian weather spirit...
shelter is found; in contrast with Wandjina art, which has a limited distribution restricted to isolated sites. Unlike Wandjina, Gwion Gwion art is rarely found...
was about to go to university and was cast in the Australian TV series Wandjina! In 1971, Weaver made her big screen debut playing the female leading role...
Galleria delle Statue Walcott Inlet area, Western Australia Depiction of Wandjina Anima Mundi Vincent van Gogh – Pietà The red marble papal throne, formerly...
oceans. But in other places the spirits who created the world are known as wandjina rain and water spirits. Major ancestral spirits include the Rainbow Serpent...
rain Dudumitsa, Bulgarian goddess of rain Bunbulama, in Yolngu mythology Wandjina Wollunqua Lono, who was also a fertility god Hiro, god of rain in Rapa...
field recordings of natural sounds, and one of the ten tracks is named "Wandjina", the cloud and rain spirits of Aboriginal Australian mythology. In 2020...
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