Bun-Jil

Bun-Jil
(Bunjil)
   A culture hero of the Wurunjerri and Kulin tribes of Australia. He is said by the first to have made men of clay and endowed them with life, and by the second to have taught them the art of life. Later he ascended to the sky land. He is of a similar type to Baiame, Daramulun and Nurrundere.

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