List of Australian Aboriginal Mythological Figures - Northern Territory

Northern Territory

  • Adnoartina, the lizard guard of Uluru
  • Altjira, Arrernte sky god who created the earth
  • Ankotarinja, first man of Arrernte mythology
  • Bahloo, Karraur lunar deity
  • Bamapana, Murngin trickster spirit who creates discord
  • Banaitja, creator deity
  • Barnumbirr, Yolgnu creator spirit
  • Barraiya, creator of the first vagina
  • Eingana, creator goddess
  • Bobbi-Bobbi, benevolent Binbinga snake deity
  • Djanggawul, three creator-siblings of northeast Arnhem Land mythology
  • Galeru, rainbow snake in Arnhem Land mythology who swallowed the Djanggawul
  • Djunkgao, group of sisters associated with floods and ocean currents
  • Jar'Edo Wens, Arrernte god of earthly knowledge and physical might, created by Altjira to ensure that people did not get too arrogant or self-conceited
  • Julunggul, Yolgnu rainbow snake goddess associated with initiation, fertility, rebirth and water
  • Karora, creator god
  • Kunapipi, mother goddess and the patron deity of many heroes
  • Malingee, malignant nocturnal spirit
  • Mamaragan, lightning deity
  • Mangar-kunjer-kunja, Arrernte lizard deity who created humans
  • Mimi, fairy-like beings of Arnhem Land
  • Minawara and Multultu, legendary ancestors of the Nambutji
  • Mokoi, evil Murgnin spirit who kidnapped and ate children
  • Ngintaka, Pitjantjatjara creator being
  • Nogomain, god who gives spirit children to mortal parents
  • Numakulla, two sky gods who created all life on earth
  • Papinijuwari, a type of one-eyed giant which feeds on the bodies of the dead and the blood of the sick
  • Ulanji, snake-ancestor of the Binbinga
  • Wala, solar goddess
  • Wawalag, Murgnin sisters who were swallowed by Yurlungur, only to be regurgitated
  • Wollunqua, snake-deity associated with rain and fertility
  • Wuluwaid, rain god of Arnhem Land
  • Wuriupranili, solar goddess whose torch is the sun
  • Wurugag and Waramurungundi, first man and woman of Gunwinggu legend
  • Yhi, Karraur solar goddess associated with light and creation
  • Yurlungur, Murgnin snake deity who swallowed and regurgitated the Wawalag sisters; associated with initiation and rebirth

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