Wuriupranili
deity sky Tiwi single tradition · 1
Wuriupranili is a solar goddess in Tiwi mythology, known as the Sun Woman who carries a stringybark torch that is the Sun itself. Each morning she wakes in the east, lights a small fire seen as dawn, and decorates herself with red ochre that stains the clouds and creates red sunrises. She travels across the sky daily from east to west, and at night returns to her eastern camp through a tunnel beneath the earth.
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“the Sun Woman Wuriupranili (or Wuriunpranilli) is a solar goddess whose stringybark torch is the Sun. When she wakes each morning in the east, she lights a small fire, which mankind sees as the first glow of dawn. She then decorates her face and body with red ochre.”
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