Article abstract: Early aboriginal peoples in northwestern Australia believed that beings called Wandjina were associated with the Creation and controlled the elements, human fertility, and the maintenance of other natural species. The ritual of repainting these ancestral images on cave walls was believed to guarantee the continuation of life.
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Rock shelter paintings created by the Worrorra, Wunambal, and Ngarinyin peoples in the northwestern part of Kimberley, Australia, are examples of how rock art established both a source of origin...
Source: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476, ©2004 Salem Press, Inc.. All Rights Reserved.
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