The Rainbow Serpent or Rainbow Snake is a common deity often seen as the creator God, known by numerous names in different Australian Aboriginal languages by the many different Aboriginal peoples. It is a common See more

Though the concept of the Rainbow Serpent has existed for a very long time in Aboriginal Australian cultures, it was introduced to the wider world through the work of … See more

The Serpent has been depicted in rock art in various forms, generally snake-like but sometimes with heads resembling various marsupials (macropods), flying foxes, or in some cases birds. Unlike an ordinary snake, it may be depicted with appendages such … See more

The Rainbow Serpent is known by different names by the many different Aboriginal cultures.
Yurlunggur is the … See more

The rainbow serpent is in the first instance, the rainbow itself. It is said to inhabit particular waterholes, springs etc., because such bodies … See more

Stories about the Rainbow Serpent have been passed down from generation to generation. The serpent story may vary however, according to See more

Various species/taxa of snakes in the natural world have been proposed as the model for the rainbow serpent.
One suggestion is that it is modeled on the "rock python", regarding the rainbow serpent in the myth of the Wawilak sisters among the Yonglu … See more