According to the Australian Aborigines of the Kimberley (Earth, creation)

[Pah]

According to the Australian Aborigines of the Kimberley, in the Creation Time of Lalai, Wallanganda, the sovereign of the galaxy and maker of the Earth, let fresh water fall from space upon Wunggud, the giant Earth Snake. Wunggud, whose very body is made of the primeval material, was coiled into a ball of jellylike substance, ngallalla yawun. On receiving the invigorating water, Wunggud stirred. She formed depressions in the ground, garagi, to collect the water. Then she made the rain, and initiated the rhythmic processes of life: the seasons, the reproductive cycles, menstruation. Her cre*ative powers shaped the landscape and brought forth all creatures and growing things, over which she still holds dominion

Reference: David Mowaljarlai and Jutta Malnic, Yorro Yorro

As told in The 5th Miricle, The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life by Paul Davies

Why should we not accept this story as the divine start of life?

Bob

[anders]

They've got it just slightly wrong. It was Lord Indra who liberated the water, and it fell on Lord Shiv.

The Snake is of course a metaphor for the winding river Ganges, and the story confirms the creating rôle of Godess Ganga.

Good story though; no more and no less credible than any other creation story.

[painted wolf]

Anders- I'm not shure how the Australians knew about the Ganges river in India.

if anything it sounds more plausable than most other creation stories. At least the land comes first.

wa:do

[cvipertooth]

i think this creation story sounds a lot like the christian account. water falling from heaven and supernatural serpents and what-not

Originally Posted by painted wolf

At least the land comes first.

That is unless you believe that the "water" that came first in the biblical account was a precambrian primordial soup.

[linwood]

I`m interested in the womans role in this culture based on a matriarchal diety.

The story sounds as plausable as any I`ve heard.