Julunggul
Ringkasan
Julunggul atau Yurlunggur adalah Ular Agung bangsa Yolngu di Arnhem Land, piton yang menelan saudari-saudari Wawalag dan dikaitkan dengan lubang air, monsun, dan kesuburan musiman.
Julunggul or Yurlunggur is the great snake of the Yolngu of Arnhem Land, a python who swallowed the Wawalag sisters and is linked to water holes, the monsoon, and seasonal fertility.
Kisah dan tradisi
Yurlunggur, juga ditulis Yurlungur, Yulunggur, Jurlungur, Julunggur, atau Julunggul, adalah nama "ular pelangi" menurut Murngin (kelompok Yolngu) di Arnhem Land timur laut. Sumber lain menyebutnya Yulunggul, Piton Agung dari Arnhem Land utara-tengah yang menelan saudari-saudari Wawalag dan anak mereka. Ular Pelangi sendiri adalah dewa yang umum dalam tradisi Aborigin Australia dan sering dipandang sebagai dewa pencipta. Yulunggul paling sering dikenali sebagai jantan, walau satu versi dari timur laut menyebutnya betina dengan makna simbolis jantan; catatan Warner menyebut berbagai ular, biawak, dan siput sebagai anaknya; Yurlunggur dari Arnhem Land mungkin berbadan ganda. Ia selalu berada di lubang air khususnya, Mirara-minar dan Muruwul, tidak datang dari tempat lain, dan berkaitan dengan air tawar maupun air asin. Semua Ular mitos di wilayah itu disebut penjaga situs yang baik yang tahu siapa para pengelana itu. Ia disebut roh monsun, angin barat dan barat laut yang membawa hujan penyubur musim basah, dan "persatuannya" dengan Wawalag menjadikannya lambang kesuburan musiman. Dalam beberapa versi Milingimbi ia terbang melintasi negeri dengan Wawalag di dalam tubuhnya sambil menamai tempat dan membagikan dialek. Dalam satu versi, didjeridu Yulunggul menghidupkan kembali para saudari, tetapi Yulunggul marah, "membunuh" mereka, dan menelannya lagi; didjeridu dalam Kunapipi disebut adalah Yulunggul sendiri dan bunyinya suaranya. Wikipedia mencatat Yurlunggur dianggap "bapa agung", tetapi Encyclopedia of Religion menyebut Warner memakai istilah itu dan mungkin salah dengar ungkapan "ular agung". Ada pula pandangan berbeda tentang apakah Yulunggul perwujudan Ular Pelangi; di tempat yang menolaknya, dikatakan bahwa "Yulunggul terpisah: ia adalah dirinya sendiri".
Yurlunggur, also written Yurlungur, Yulunggur, Jurlungur, Julunggur or Julunggul, is the name of the "rainbow serpent" among the Murngin, a Yolngu group of north-eastern Arnhem Land. A second source names him Yulunggul and describes him as the Great Python of north-central Arnhem Land, said to have swallowed the Wawalag sisters along with their child. The Rainbow Serpent in general is a common deity in Aboriginal Australian traditions, often seen as a creator god. Yulunggul is most often identified as male, though one northeastern version makes him female with symbolic male meaning, and Warner's account lists snakes, goannas and snails as his sons; the Yurlunggur of Arnhem Land may have a double body. He had always dwelt at his own water hole, Mirara-minar and Muruwul, rather than arriving from elsewhere, and is linked with both fresh and salt water. The mythic Snakes of that region are described as good site guardians who knew who the travellers were. He is called the spirit of the monsoon, the west and northwest wind bringing the fertilizing rains of the wet season, and his "union" with the Wawalag made him a symbol of seasonal fertility. In some Milingimbi versions he flies across the land with the Wawalag inside him, naming places and allocating dialects. In one version a Yulunggul didjeridu revives the sisters, but Yulunggul is angry, "kills" them and swallows them again; the didjeridu of Kunapipi is said to be Yulunggul himself, its sound his voice. Wikipedia records Yurlunggur as considered "the great father", but the Encyclopedia of Religion says Warner used that term and may have misheard the expression "great snake". There are also divergent views on whether Yulunggul is a Rainbow Snake manifestation; where this is rejected it is said that "Yulunggul is separate: he is himself".
Konteks budaya
Yulunggul menjadi penanda budaya: setelah menelan Wawalag, ia menghadap timur dan berbicara dengan Ular-Ular besar lain yang berbagi komitmen religius yang sama.
Yulunggul is a cultural marker: after swallowing the Wawalag he faces east and talks with the other great Snakes who share the same religious commitments.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Aborigin Australia
- Kawasan / Region
- Oseania
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Deity
- Habitat
- Water
- Kemampuan / Abilities
- Terbang melintasi negeri, Menelan dan memuntahkan kembali, Roh monsun
Nama lain / Alternate names
Yurlunggur, Jurlungur, Yulunggul, Yurlungur, Yulunggur, Julunggur
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Didjeridu yang menonjol dalam Kunapipi dan ritual terkait disebut adalah Yulunggul, dan bunyinya adalah suaranya.
The didjeridu that features so prominently in Kunapipi and associated rituals is said to be Yulunggul, its sound his voice.