Kunapipi
Kunapipi, also spelt Gunabibi, is a mother goddess and the patron deity of many heroes in Australian Aboriginal mythology. She gave birth to human beings as well as to most animals and plants. Now a vague, otiose, spiritual being, "the old woman" once travelled across the land with a band of heroes and heroines, and during the ancestral period she gave birth to men and women as well as creating the natural species. She could transform herself either into a male or female version of the Rainbow Serpent.
Origins and diffusion
The Kunapipi cult seems to have arisen among tribes in the Roper and Rose River areas, and gradually spread north-east into Arnhem Land, where it existed as a complementary masculine form with Djanggawul, a female figure.[1]
Sources
- Berndt, R. M. (1974). Australian Aboriginal Religion. Volume 3. Brill.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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