Binbeal

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

• Bunjil

Domains

• rainbow
• sky

Powers

• appears as and governs the rainbow

Sources

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