Facts about Rainbow Serpent: Aboriginal Myth

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   A key feature of the Rainbow Serpent across many Aboriginal groups is its dual gender nature, embodying both male and female creative principles simultaneously.

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   In many Aboriginal traditions, the Rainbow Serpent is considered a creator being responsible for shaping the landscape, carving out rivers and valleys as it moved across the land.

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   Rock art depictions of the Rainbow Serpent in Arnhem Land are among the earliest known figurative paintings in Australian prehistoric art.

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   Associated with water, rain, and fertility, the Rainbow Serpent is believed to inhabit deep waterholes and rivers across Aboriginal Australian traditions.

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   The Rainbow Serpent is one of the oldest continuing religious beliefs in the world, central to Aboriginal Australian creation mythology.

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