List of Australian Aboriginal deities

List of Australian Aboriginal deities

*Adnoartina - the lizard guard of Uluru
*Altjira - God of Dreams
*Anjea - Fertility goddess
*Bagadjimbiri - Two brothers and creator gods
*Baiame - God of rain
*Bamapana - A trickster god who causes discord
*Banaitja - A creator god
*Bobbi-Bobbi - Supernatural being who lived in the heavens in the Dreamtime
*Bunjil - The supreme god, represented as an eagle
*Daramulum - Son of Baiame
*Dilga - Goddess of fertility and growth
*Djanggawul - Three siblings, two female and one male, who created the landscape of Australia
*Eingana - Creator goddess
*Galeru - A rainbow snake who swallowed the Djanggawul
*Gnowee - A solar goddess
*Julana - A lecherous spirit who surprises women
*Julunggul - A rainbow snake goddess
*Karora - A creator god
*Kidili - Ancient moon-man
*Kunapipi - Mother goddess (patron deity of heroes)
*Mangar-kunjer-kunja - Lizard god who created humans
*Numakulla - Two sky gods who created all life on Earth
*Pundjel - Creator god
*Ulanji - Snake-ancestor of the Binbinga
*Wala
*Wawalag - Sisters who were daughters of Djanggawul
*Wuriupranili - A solar goddess
*Yurlungur - Mythological copper snake


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