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New South Wales[edit]
Northern Territory[edit]
- Adnoartina, the lizard guard of Uluru
- Altjira, Arrernte sky god who created the earth
- Ankotarinja, first man of Arrernte mythology
- Onur, Karraur lunar deity
- Bamapana, Murngin trickster spirit who creates discord
- Banaitja, creator deity
- Barnumbirr, Yolgnu 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, Yolgnu rainbow snake goddess associated with initiation, fertility, rebirth and water
- Karora, creator god
- Kunapipi, 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, fairy-like beings of Arnhem Land
- Minawara and Multultu, legendary ancestors of the Nambutji
- Mokoi, evil Murgnin spirit who kidnapped and ate children
- Ngintaka, Pitjantjatjara creator being
- Nogomain, god who gives spirit children to mortal parents
- Numakulla, two sky gods who created all life on earth
- Papinijuwari, a type of one-eyed giant which feeds on the bodies of the dead and the blood of the sick
- Ulanji, snake-ancestor of the Binbinga
- Wala, solar goddess
- Wawalag, Murgnin sisters who were swallowed by Yurlungur, only to be regurgitated
- Wollunqua, snake-deity associated with rain and fertility
- Wuluwaid, rain god of Arnhem Land
- Wuriupranili, solar goddess whose torch is the sun
- Wurugag and Waramurungundi, first man and woman of Gunwinggu legend
- Yhi, Karraur solar goddess associated with light and creation
- Yurlungur, Murgnin snake deity who swallowed and regurgitated the Wawalag sisters; associated with initiation and rebirth
Queensland[edit]
- Anjea, fertility goddess or spirit, in whom people's souls reside between their incarnations
- Dhakhan, ancestral god of the Kabi
- I'wai, culture hero of the Kuuku-Ya'u
- Yalungur, god of the first baby
South Australia[edit]
- Akurra, great snake deity 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 creator being
- Tjilbruke, Kaurna creation ancestor
Victoria[edit]
- Crow (Waa), Kulin trickster, culture hero and ancestral being
- 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
- Nargun, fierce half-human, half-stone female creature of Gunai legend
- Pundjel, creator deity involved in the initiation of boys
- 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
- Wambeen, evil lightning-hurling figure who targets travellers
Western Australia[edit]
- Bagadjimbiri, a pair of Karadjeri creator-spirits
- Dilga, Karadjeri goddess of fertility and growth, and mother of the Bagadjimbiri
- Julana, lecherous 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 Aboriginal culture (specifically the term comes from the Arrernte people).[2]
- Ngariman, Karadjeri cat-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[edit]
- Rainbow Serpent, a common feature of the art and mythology of Aboriginal Australian cultures[3]
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