Bunjil

English

Alternative forms

  • Bundjil

Etymology

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Proper noun

Bunjil

  1. (Australian Aboriginal mythology) A male creator spirit in the form of a wedge-tailed eagle

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Proper noun

Bunjil m

  1. (Australian Aboriginal mythology) Bunjil

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

  • Bunjel[1]
  • Bonjel[1]
  • bundjil maman (“God (eaglehawk father)”)[2]

Proper noun

Bunjil

  1. creator[1]
  2. god[1]

See also

  • bunjil (“wedge-tailed eagle”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf
  2. ^ B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg85
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