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Mar’rallang
Mar’rallang is a name associated with Yolŋu Aboriginal astronomy and mythology in north-eastern Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is generally used for a pair of female figures represented in the ni…
Mimi
Mimi, also written mimih or mimih spirits, is a name used in Aboriginal traditions of western Arnhem Land in northern Australia, particularly among Kunwinjku-speaking Bininj people. Mimi are generally described as spirit…
Minawara
Minawara is a name associated in some modern reference works with Australian Aboriginal mythology, but its identity is not securely established across the published record. Unlike widely documented figures such as Tiddal…
Miralaldu
Miralaldu is a little-known name associated with Australian Aboriginal mythology and is usually described in modern English-language compilations as a water spirit or dangerous aquatic being. The available information is…
Mokoi
Mokoi is a name used in some English-language accounts of Australian Aboriginal supernatural belief for a dangerous spirit associated with death, fear and attacks on sleeping people. The available descriptions are brief …
Muramura
Muramura, also written Mura-mura or with other variations in English-language records, is a collective name associated chiefly with the traditional ancestral beings of the Diyari (Dieri) people of South Australia. Their …
Mopaditis
Mopaditis is a very obscure name associated in some modern reference lists with Australian Aboriginal mythology. Its identity, cultural origin and traditional role are uncertain. Unlike well-documented figures such as Ba…
Mudungkala
Mudungkala is an ancestral being in the traditions of the Tiwi people of northern Australia. The Tiwi live primarily on Melville Island and Bathurst Island, in the Apsley Strait region north of Darwin in the Northern Ter…
Multultu
Multultu is a name associated in some modern references with a dangerous creature of Australian Aboriginal tradition, usually described as a water-dwelling monster. Its identity is uncertain, however. Unlike widely docum…
Mumba
Mumba is a name found in some modern English-language lists of Australian Aboriginal mythological beings, where it is usually described as a dangerous water creature or aquatic spirit. Its identity is uncertain, however.…
Nadubi
Nadubi is a name sometimes listed in modern collections of Australian Aboriginal mythology, but its identity and traditional context are not securely established. Unlike well-documented figures such as Baiame, Bunjil, Da…