Rainbow serpent

25.2Kshares Facebook26 Twitter1 Pinterest25.2K StumbleUpon0 TumblrThere is something to be said for art that originated when the mere act of surviving and thriving in the environment was a big challenge. Imagine how inspired, creative and skillful those humans would have been to create art when they not only had to protect themselves from each other and the element but even the basic necessities of life were a difficult task for them. That is why, it is astonishing to see how tribal artwork…

Painted with acrylics on canvas. In Peruvian mythology, the Sachamama is the embodiment of the rainforest mother in the form of a giant snake. In Quechua, Sachamama means "spirit mother of the jungle". The vegetation of the forest grows on top of her enormous body. In this painting she is rising up from the earth an

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The Rainbow Serpent or Rainbow Snake is a common deity (also known as numerous other names in different Australian Aboriginal languages) often seen as a creator god and a common motif in the art and religion of Aboriginal Australia. Not all of the myths of the ancestral being link a rainbow with the snake, and not all describe the being as a snake, but there is usually a link with water or rain. Some scholars have suggested that the link between the two suggests the cycle of the seasons, for…

contribution for a charity artbook project Myths-Galore The rainbow serpent is part of the "dreamtime stories" of Australia's aborigines, it's responsib... Myth Of The Rainbow Serpent

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"Wargyl" Bimara Rainbow Serpent .important in Aboriginal creation dreaming . Australia wide.connected to waterways and waterholes. We still throw sand in the water to show our respect and let the wargly know we are there.

Yurlungur, the Rainbow Serpent by AtmaFlare on DeviantArt

The Rainbow Serpent (SC) - Aboriginal Children's Book