Religion:Mangar-kunjer-kunja

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In Arrernte religion and mythology, Mangar-kunjer-kunja is a lizard Ancestral Being who created humans. He found the first aboriginal beings, Rella manerinja, on one side of a hill; they were fused together and he separated them with a knife and cut holes for their mouths, ears and noses, then gave them the knife, spear, shield, fire, boomerang and the tjurunga, and lastly gave them a system of marriage.[1][2]

References

  1. Cotterell, Arthur. (1989). The illustrated encyclopedia of myths & legends. Sydney: Collins Australia. pp. 125. ISBN 0-7322-0099-7. OCLC 27581076. 
  2. "Oxford University Press: Lizards and Human Creation". https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/0195115880/lizards/.