Gnowee
deity sky Wotjobaluk mythology single tradition · 2
In Wotjobaluk mythology, Gnowee is a female personification of the Sun. She was once a woman who lived upon the Earth at a time when it was eternally dark, and people could only move about with the aid of bark torches. She still wanders the sky to this day, lighting the whole world with her torch as she continues to search for her lost son.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in Wotjobaluk mythology.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nargun, Baiame, Daramulum, Karatgurk, Moinee, Droemerdene, Rageowrapper, Binbeal, Kondole, Lo-an-tuka, Loo-errn, Thinan-malkia, Tiddalik, Waang, Wambeen, Balayang, Bunyip, Bunjil
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“In Wotjobaluk mythology, Gnowee is a female personification of the Sun. She was once a woman who lived upon the Earth at a time when it was eternally dark, and people could only move about with the aid of bark torches.”
#15800 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Gnowee, solar goddess who searches daily for her lost son; her torch is the sun”
#31362 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat