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Wuluwait
Wuluwait is a name associated in some modern accounts with Australian Aboriginal mythology, particularly with a spirit or supernatural being connected with rain, weather, or the sky. The identification is uncertain, howe…
Wuraka
Wuraka is a name associated in some modern lists with Australian Aboriginal mythology, but its identity is not securely established in the surviving record. Unlike better-documented figures such as Baiame, Bunjil, Daramu…
Yalungur
Yalungur is a name associated in some modern reference works with an Australian Aboriginal water or serpent being. The available information is limited, and the name is not supported by a single, widely documented tradit…
Yara-ma-yha-who
Yara-ma-yha-who is a dangerous blood-drinking being associated with Aboriginal tradition in Australia. In commonly repeated accounts, it is a small red figure that waits in a fig tree and attacks people who come within r…
Yhi
Yhi is a name commonly used in modern accounts of Australian Aboriginal mythology for a female being associated with the sun, light, warmth and the awakening of life. Stories connected with Yhi describe light entering a …
Yingarna
Yingarna is an ancestral creator being in the traditions of the Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land in northern Australia. She is commonly described as a powerful female Rainbow Serpent and as an ancestral mother ass…
Ahoeitu
ʻAhoʻeitu, also written Ahoeitu or Ahoʻeitu, is a central figure in Tongan traditional history and mythology. He is traditionally regarded as the first Tuʻi Tonga, the sacred ruler whose dynasty became one of the most en…
Ai-tupuai
Ai-tupuai is an obscure name associated with Polynesian supernatural tradition, but its identity is not securely established. English-language summaries sometimes present Ai-tupuai as a frightening spirit, monster or man…
Aiaru
Aiaru is a name associated in some modern reference works with Polynesian mythology, usually as a minor sea-related deity or supernatural figure. The identification is uncertain, however. Unlike major Polynesian gods suc…
Aku-aku
Aku-aku is a term from the traditional religious and folkloric vocabulary of Rapa Nui, the Polynesian people of Easter Island. It is commonly used for spirits of the dead, ancestral beings, or other supernatural presence…
Aroonoona
Aroonoona is a little-known name associated with Polynesian mythology, but its identity is uncertain. Unlike major figures such as Tangaroa, Māui, Tāne, or Hina, Aroonoona is not securely documented across a broad, recog…