Binbeal

Kulin · deity · dreaming creator era · Recorded classification

Binbeal, the rainbow, son of the Kulin creator Bunjil; his wife is the fainter secondary bow. Recorded by Smyth (1878) and Howitt (1904) in the Kulin Bunjil tradition.

Parentage

paternal: Bunjil

Domains

rainbow
sky

Powers

appears as and governs the rainbow

Sources

existence: Howitt 1904; R. B. Smyth, The Aborigines of Victoria (1878) — Binbeal the rainbow, son of Bunjil (primary)

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