List of Australian Aboriginal mythological figures
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The following is a list of Australian Indigenous Australian deities and spirits.


New South Wales

*Baiame, creator god of the peoples of New South Wales *Bahloo, Baloo, Kamilaroi moon god who keeps three pet snakes *Birrahgnooloo, Kamilaroi goddess of fertility who would send floods if properly asked to *Daramulum, sky hero and son of Baiame and Birrahngnooloo *Dirawong, Bundjalung people, Bundjalung creator being *Ganhanbili, second wife of Baiame *Wurrunna, culture hero *Yhi, Kamilaroi solar goddess associated with light and creation


Northern Territory

*Adnoartina, the lizard guard of Ayer's Rock, Uluru *Altjira, Arrernte people, Arrernte sky god who created the earth *Ankotarinja, first man of Arrernte mythology *Onur (folklore), Onur, Karraur lunar deity *Bamapana, Yolŋu, Yolngu trickster spirit who creates discord *Banaitja, creator deity *Barnumbirr, Yolngu creator spirit *Barraiya, creator of the first vagina *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 *Julunggul, Yolngu rainbow snake goddess associated with initiation, fertility, rebirth and water *Karora, creator god *Kunapipi, a 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 (folklore), Mimi, fairy-like beings of Arnhem Land *Minawara and Multultu, legendary ancestors of the Nambutji *Namarrkon (also known as Namarrgon), Lightning man, makes lightning appear and creates roars of thunder in storms *Mokoi, evil Yolngu spirit who kidnapped and ate children *Ngintaka, Pitjantjatjara people, Pitjantjatjara creator being *Nogomain, a god who gives spirit children to mortal parents *Manuriki, god of beauty *Papinijuwari, a type of one-eyed giant which feeds on the bodies of the dead and the blood of the sick *Tjinimin, the ancestor of the Australian peoples. He is associated with the bat and with Kunmanggur the rainbow serpent - per the Murinbata *Ulanji, snake-ancestor of the Binbinga *Wala (goddess), Wala, solar goddess *Wawalag, Yolngu sisters who were swallowed by a serpent, only to be regurgitated *Wollunqua, snake-deity associated with rain and fertility *Wuluwaid, rain god of Arnhem Land *Wuriupranili, a solar goddess whose torch is the sun *Wurugag and Waramurungundi, first man and woman of Bininj, Kunwinjku legend *Yawkyawk, Aboriginal mermaids who live in waterholes, freshwater springs, and rock pools. *Yurlungur, Yolngu snake deity who swallowed and regurgitated the Wawalag sisters; associated with initiation and rebirth


Queensland

*Anjea, fertility goddess or spirit, in whom people's souls reside between their incarnations *The Giant Devil Dingo, Gaiya, giant devil dingo of lower Cape York Peninsula *Dhakhan, ancestral god of the Gubbi Gubbi people, Kabi *I'wai, culture hero of the Kuuku-Ya'u *Yalungur, god of the first baby


South Australia

*Akurra, great snake deity of the Adnyamathanha people *Bila (sun), Bila, cannibal sun goddess of the Adnyamathanha people *Bunyip, mythical creature said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes *Mar'rallang, mythical twin sisters *Muldjewangk, water spirit or spirits inhabiting the Murray River *Ngintaka, Pitjantjatjara people, Pitjantjatjara creator being *Tjilbruke, Kaurna people, Kaurna creation ancestor


Tasmania

*Moinee, Creator spirit/God for Tasmania *Droemerdene, Moinee's twin brother *Rageowrapper, malevolent spirit


Victoria

*Baiame, southeast Australian creational ancestral hero *Balayang, bat deity and brother of Bunjil *Binbeal, Kulin rainbow deity and son of Bunjil *Bunjil, Kulin creator deity and ancestral being, represented as an eagle *Bunyip, mythical creature said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes *Daramulum, southeast Australian deity and son of Baiame *Gnowee, solar goddess who searches daily for her lost son; her torch is the sun *Karatgurk, seven sisters who represent the Pleiades star cluster *Kondole, man who became the first whale *Lo-an-tuka, wife of Loo-errn *Loo-errn, spirit ancestor and guardian of the Brataualung people *Nargun, fierce half-human, half-stone creature of Gunai people, Gunai legend *Thinan-malkia, evil spirit who captures victims with nets that entangle their feet *Tiddalik, frog of southeast Australian legend who drank all the water in the land, and had to be made to laugh to regurgitate it *Crow (Australian Aboriginal mythology), Waang, Kulin people, Kulin trickster, culture hero and ancestral being, represented as a crow *Wambeen, evil lightning-hurling figure who targets travellers


Western Australia

*Bagadjimbiri, a pair of Karadjeri creator-spirits *Dilga, Karadjeri goddess of fertility and growth, and mother of the Bagadjimbiri *Julana, lecherous Luritja, Jumu spirit who surprises women by burrowing beneath the sand, leaping out, and raping them *Kidili, Mandjindja moon deity who was castrated for attempting to rape the first women, who in turn became the Pleiades *Kurdaitcha (or kurdaitcha man) is a ritual "executioner" in Australian Indigenous Australian culture (specifically the term comes from the Arrernte people). *Ngariman, Karadjeri quoll-man who killed the Bagadjimbiri and was drowned in revenge *Njirana, Jumu deity and father of Julana *Ungud, snake deity associated with rainbows and the fertility and erections of the tribe's shamans *Wagyl, Noongar snakelike creator being *Wati-kutjara, a pair of western Australian lizard-men *Wondjina, Mowanjum cloud or rain spirits


Pan-continental

*Rainbow Serpent, a common feature of the art and mythology of Indigenous Australian cultures *Erathipa, central Australia, a boulder that has the shape of a pregnant woman


Unknown

*Kinie Ger, evil half-man, half-quoll beast *Thardid Jimbo, cannibalistic giant *Yara-ma-yha-who, monstrous bloodsucking dwarf *Bluetongue Lizard (mythology), Bluetongue Lizard, an elderly trickster *Nogomain, a god who gives spirit children to mortal parents. *Mar'rallang, the name shared by twin sisters *Djunkgao, a group of sisters who are associated with floods and ocean currents *Yee-Na-Pah, a devil girl


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References

* * {{List of mythological figures by region Australian Aboriginal deities, Lists of deities, Australian Mythology-related lists, Deities, Australian Australia religion-related lists, Aboriginal Indigenous Australia-related lists, Mythological figures