Mingarope
deity earth Australian Aboriginal single tradition · 1
Mingarope is an obscure female deity who features in Australian Aboriginal creation narrative. She is credited with creating humanity by molding her red excrement into the form of a man and bringing it to life. When she tickled the form, it showed signs of life and began to laugh.
When
- First attested
- 1879 CE
- Attested period
- 1879 – 1879
- Historical notes
- Documented in an 1879 work recording Australian Aboriginal creation narratives.
Relationships
- allied with
- Bund-jil
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Mingarope is an obscure female deity. She features, along with Bund-jil, in Australian aboriginal creation narrative. An 1879 work records that "Mingarope having retired upon a natural occasion was highly pleased with the red color of her excrement"”
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