Rainbow Serpent

The Rainbow Serpent (English Rainbow Serpent ) is a central figure in the mythology of the Aborigines of the Australian aborigines. She is bisexual and an important essence of the Dreamtime. The Rainbow blow molded in appearance as a female earth spirit on the earth mountains, valleys and water holes. In their masculine appearance than the sun, it creates the rainbow.

Name

The Rainbow Suggest carries different regional names, such as Baiame in the east, Ungud the northwest, Mangela in the West or Pundjel in South Australia. James Cowan assumes that the rainbow serpent seems to be at the foundation of the world in the belief of the natives the active force. It is valid in almost all regions as creator beings and always appears as the force that produces the rivers, water holes or rain. Under the name Bolan, Kunukban, Galaru or Unjuat it is hidden in the depths of the seas and appear on their shores.

Tradition

As in the Dreamtime all myths are passed on orally, the myths vary slightly, because the beings of creation all refer to manifestations that occur in the immediate nature of these peoples and tribes. The rainbow serpent creates mountains and valleys and is hidden in them. The didgeridoo is the vibration again, which were created in the physical Erderschaffung.

• According to the myth lives in the Rainbow Serpent during the dry season the few remaining waterholes and therefore controls the most valuable resource at all.
• As unpredictable opponent who always reliable sun they bring the expected rain. Therefore, is a symbol of the beginning of life.
• In the coined by the monsoon regions in Australia tell the legends of heroic fighting between the Sun, the serpent and the wind. In the central desert regions, the seasonal weather differences, however, are less pronounced, which is also reflected in the stories published there.
• The Rainbow Serpent is known as the benevolent protector of his people and as a merciless persecutor of the lawbreakers. You can also devour men on the water.
• The myths that have grown up around them, serve as a moral guide in everyday life and are associated with a fertility cult.
• The rainbow serpent is male character, but as it is in the Dreamtime devoured two females, they took the power of femininity in itself. Your bisexuality and the occasional illustrations as its own tail biting Ouroboros indicates an archetypal, metaphysical significance of this mythical being, where nature is whole in its primitive state, the dream time, embodies.
• Picture of Wagyl The Noongar there is a Dreamtime beings who Wagyl that represents a smaller rainbow serpent and on the conceptions Aboriginal tribe of the Swan River, Canning River and associated landscapes created in Western Australia. This snake commissioned the Noongar to protect the country, while it is even below the water sources.
• Spherical granite rocks in Karlu Karlu are according to tradition, the eggs of the Rainbow Serpent
• In its manifestation as a rainbow she makes a connection between heaven and earth and can thus provide for ( spiritual ) balance.