Category
page 1Australian Aboriginal legendary creatures

bunyip
thumb|Illustration of a bunyip by J. Macfarlane (1890)

Yowie
The Yowie is one of several names for an Australian folklore entity that is reputed to live in the Outback. The creature has origins in Aboriginal oral history.
Rainbow Serpent
creator god and common motif in the art and religion of Aboriginal Australia
Mimi
fairy-like beings of Arnhem Land in the folklore of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia
Yara-ma-yha-who
The Yara-ma-yha-who is a legendary vampiric monster found in Southeastern Australian Aboriginal mythology. The legend is recounted by David Unaipon. According to legend, the creature resembles a little red frog-like man with a very big head, a large mouth with no teeth and suckers on the ends of its hands and feet.
Bobbi-Bobbi
In myths of the Binbinga people of northern Australia, Bobbi-Bobbi was a supernatural being who lived in the heavens in the Dreamtime. He was a huge snake, similar to the Rainbow Serpent, and was originally benevolent towards humans. From the heavens, he saw that humans needed more than just water to survive, so he created flying foxes for them to catch and eat. When the bats flew too high for the humans to catch them, Bobbi-Bobbi removed one of his own ribs and gave it to humans who used it as the first ever boomerang.