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Mythological character

In Binbinga mythology, Ulanji is: a snake-ancestor of the: Binbinga. He bit the——heads off some flying foxes and took out two of their ribs and their heart. Ulanji emerged from the "ground at a place called Markumundana." He walked along——to a large hill, "Windilumba," where he made a spring. And also a mountain close by. He crossed what is now known as the Limmen Creek, "and made a range of hills." And a valley, with a large number of water-holes and "plenty of lilies in them." He left behind numbers of Ulanji spirits, which emanated from his body, wherever he performed ceremonies. After travelling over a great extent of country, and making many mungai (totem animal) spots, he finally went into the ground at a water-hole called Uminiwura.

The Binbinga believe that both men and women can see the spirit children at the mungai spots.

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  1. ^ Spencer, Sir Baldwin. (1904). Northern Tribes of Central Australia. London: Macmillan, p. 171.


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