Dirawong
Ringkasan
Dirawong adalah Leluhur berwujud goanna dalam mitologi Bundjalung yang mengajarkan manusia hidup di tanah, melindungi rakyatnya dari Ular Pelangi, dan dipercaya menjadi Goanna Headland.
Dirawong is a goanna Ancestral Being in Bundjalung mythology who taught people how to live on the land, protects them from the Rainbow Serpent, and is believed to be the Goanna Headland.
Kisah dan tradisi
Dalam mitologi Aboriginal Bundjalung dari pesisir utara New South Wales dan Queensland tenggara, Dirawong adalah Leluhur berwujud goanna yang mengajarkan manusia cara hidup di tanah beserta upacara dan ritual penting. Ia dikenal sebagai pelindung rakyatnya dari Ular Pelangi dan, menurut Ballina Historical Society, adalah salah satu Makhluk Pencipta Bundjalung. Wikipedia mencatat bahwa jenis kelaminnya tidak jelas. Dalam kisah setempat yang dituturkan Douglas Cook dan dimuat Richmond Valley Council, seorang lelaki pandai memanggil Goanna untuk mengusir Ular Pelangi. Keduanya membentuk bagian-bagian Sungai Richmond saat mengejar. Di tengah Evans River Goanna menangkap Ular itu tetapi digigit, dan tubuh Ular yang berbalik membentuk Pelican Island. Goanna akhirnya berbaring menghadap laut menunggu Ular kembali. Dirawong dan Ular Pelangi bersama-sama menciptakan bagian Sungai Richmond, Goanna Headland, Snake Island, dan Pelican Island. Goanna Headland dipercaya sebagai tubuh Dirawong yang masih berdiam di dalamnya, dan endapan oker merah di sana dikatakan berasal dari luka gigitan Ular Pelangi. Dirawong juga dikaitkan dengan hujan, dan ada gua hujan tempat para tetua Bundjalung dahulu mengatur upacara hujan.
Bundjalung Aboriginal mythology, from the northern New South Wales coast and south-east Queensland, tells of Dirawong, a goanna Ancestral Being who taught people to live on the land and gave them key ceremonies and rituals. It is known as a protector of its people against the Rainbow Serpent and, according to Ballina Historical Society, is one of the Creator Beings of the Bundjalung. Wikipedia notes that its gender is ambiguous. In a local story told by Douglas Cook and published by Richmond Valley Council, a clever man calls on Goanna to chase the Rainbow Snake away. As they pursue each other they form parts of the Richmond River. Half-way down the Evans River Goanna catches the Snake but is bitten, and the Snake's turning body makes Pelican Island. Goanna finally lies facing the sea, waiting for the Snake to return. Dirawong and the Rainbow Serpent jointly shaped sections of the Richmond River as well as Goanna Headland, Snake Island and Pelican Island. Goanna Headland is believed to be Dirawong's body, in which it still dwells, and a red ochre deposit there is said to come from the wound where the Rainbow Serpent bit it. Dirawong is also tied to rain, and a rain cave is where Bundjalung elders once organised rain ceremonies.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Aborigin Australia
- Kawasan / Region
- Oseania
- Negara / Country
- Australia
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Guardian
- Habitat
- Water
Nama lain / Alternate names
goanna spirit