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Definition of rainbow serpent in English: rainbow serpentnoun Australian A widely venerated spirit of Aboriginal mythology, associated with the creation of the earth in the Dreamtime. popular representations in literature reinforce the deity status of the rainbow serpent Example sentencesExamples - He explained to me where the two rainbow serpents are depicted within these masses of crosshatching.
- Finally we reached magnificent Windjana Gorge, a primeval seeming place formed, according to Aboriginal legend, by the rainbow serpent Ungeroo.
- I grew up with a full-blooded Aboriginal Grandfather who taught me the Aboriginal lore and Dreamtime stories and the importance of the rainbow serpent.
- We have here the Rainbow Serpent so that our dreaming can be shared by everyone.
- The paintings contained rainbow serpent imagery.
- I'd say everywhere in the north coast, the Rainbow Serpent is important.
- The Rainbow Serpent is a symbol not just of one clan, but of associations of clans.
- Taylor sets up the reasons for the popularity of the rainbow serpent image in the Western Arnhem form of Yingarna.
- In Australia, the Aborigines associated a giant rainbow serpent with the creation of life.
- I attempt to identify the way rainbow serpent mythology has been transformed into an icon of Aboriginal spirituality.
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