Birrahgnooloo
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In Australia
n Aboriginal mythology (specifically: Kamilaroi
), Birrahgnooloo is a goddess of fertility who would send flood
s if properly asked. Ash et al. (2003) spell her name as 'Birra-ngulu', i.e. the vowels are short.
She is one of two wives of Baiame
, with whom she is the mother of Daramulum
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Aboriginal mythology (specifically: Kamilaroi
Kamilaroi
The Kamilaroi or Gamilaraay are an Indigenous Australian people who are from the area between Tamworth and Goondiwindi, and west to Narrabri, Walgett and Lightning Ridge, in northern New South Wales...
), Birrahgnooloo is a goddess of fertility who would send flood
Flood
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. The EU Floods directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water...
s if properly asked. Ash et al. (2003) spell her name as 'Birra-ngulu', i.e. the vowels are short.
She is one of two wives of Baiame
Baiame
In Australian Aboriginal mythology Baiame was the Creator God and Sky Father in the dreaming of several language groups , of Indigenous Australians of South-East Australia....
, with whom she is the mother of Daramulum
Daramulum
In several of the Aboriginal cultures of South-East Australia such as Wiradyuri, Kamilaroi, Eora, Darkinjung, and Guringai, Daramulum is a son of Baiame and his emu-wife Birrahgnooloo....
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