Mimi

nature_spirit intermediate Indigenous Australian single tradition · 2

Mimi inhabited and traversed the interstitial space between the physical and spiritual world during the Dreamtime and acted as Guardians of our natural world. In artwork, they are often depicted as slender, waif-like, and ethereal white figures. They are so thin that they are in danger of breaking in the wind.

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When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020
Historical notes
Associated with Dreamtime.

Relationships

co occurs with
Mimih Spirits, Menehune

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Sources

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“Mimi / Mimih (or Mimi/Mimih Spirits) inhabited and traversed the interstitial space between the physical and spiritual world during the Dreamtime and acted as Guardians of our natural world. In artwork, they are often depicted as slender, waif-like, and ethereal white figures.”

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