Bunjil, also spelt Bundjil, is a creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being, often depicted as a wedge-tailed eagle in Australian Aboriginal mythology of some of the Aboriginal peoples of Victoria..
Bunjil – the Creator
Long ago Bunjil, the Wedge-Tail Eagle, was a very powerful man.
He was the headman of the Kulin.
Bunjil had two wives and a son whose name was Binbeal, the Rainbow, whose wife was the second bow, sometimes seen showing fainter than the first..
Bunjil – the Creator
Long ago Bunjil, the Wedge-Tail Eagle, was a very powerful man.
He was the headman of the Kulin.
Bunjil had two wives and a son whose name was Binbeal, the Rainbow, whose wife was the second bow, sometimes seen showing fainter than the first..
We teach the children that Bunjil (often represented as an eagle) is the creator spirit for the Wurundjeri people – he created the people, animals and plants and he is watching how we respect the land..
The Wurundjeri people believe an ancestral Wedge-tailed Eagle called 'Bunjil' created the land.
Bunjil originated from a falling star, and as he fell from the sky, he blew air from his beak to create the earth we live on today.
He scratched in the soil with his talons, and the first trees and plants started to grow..
Bunjil is represented in the sky by the star Altair (Alpha Aquilae) in the constellation Aquila..
Bunjil – the Creator
Long ago Bunjil, the Wedge-Tail Eagle, was a very powerful man.
He was the headman of the Kulin.
Bunjil had two wives and a son whose name was Binbeal, the Rainbow, whose wife was the second bow, sometimes seen showing fainter than the first..
Bunjil is the Ancestral Wedge-tailed Eagle, the creator.
Waa is the Ancestral Crow, the protector..
In the Kulin nation in central Victoria he was regarded as one of two moiety ancestors, the other being Waang the crow
It is believed by the Kulin and other Aboriginal peoples that, in the Dreamtime
Early European colonists such as Daniel Bunce recorded the name as "Winjeel" or "Wingeel"
Bunjil is the Ancestral Wedge-tailed Eagle, the creator
Waa is the Ancestral Crow, the protector
Bunjil created much of south-eastern Australia and the features and animals within it
He also created people, by breathing life into figures moulded from clay
Stories of Bunjil and Waa provide meaning to south-eastern Aboriginal people
Bunjil is a creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being, often depicted as a wedge-tailed eagle (or eaglehawk) in the Australian Aboriginal mythology of some of the Aboriginal peoples of Victoria
In the Kulin nation in central Victoria, he was regarded as one of two moiety ancestors, the other being Waa the crow
Bunjil has two wives and a son, Binbeal the rainbow
His brother is Palian the batBunjil is a creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being, often depicted as a wedge-tailed eagle (or eaglehawk) in the Australian Aboriginal mythology of some of the Aboriginal peoples of Victoria . In the Kulin nation in central Victoria he was regarded as one of two moiety ancestors, the other being Waa the crow.
In Australian Aboriginal mythology, Bunjil the eagle is a creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being. In the Kulin nation in central Victoria he was regarded as one of two moiety ancestors, the other being the trickster Crow.Bunjil is an ancestral being who takes the form of the largest bird of prey in Australia, the wedge-tailed Eagle. He is believed to have taken shelter in a cave in the Black Range Scenic Reserve during the Dreaming, a time in Aboriginal mythology when ancestral beings with supernatural powers were believed to inhabit the land.Bunjil was the sky-being for the Kulin nation and the Wotjobaluk in Western Victoria. Bunjil meant eagle-hawk and was considered an old, benign father of all the people, who had two wives and a son by the name of Binbeal, who was the rainbow. He lived on earth but moved to the sky in a whirlwind where he has been ever since, watching the Kulin. …Bunjil is the Ancestral Wedge-tailed Eagle, the creator. Waa is the Ancestral Crow, the protector. Bunjil created much of south-eastern Australia and the features and animals within it. He also created people, by breathing life into figures moulded from clay.
Creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being in Australian Aboriginal mythology
