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Review: The Rainbow Serpent
The Rainbow Serpent is the creation story of the Dreaming and possibly the oldest continuinh religious belief or story in the world. The Rainbow Serpent is common in most dreaming stories of the Aboriginal tribe and is always associated with watercourses, such as billabongs, rivers, creeks and lagoons. The Rainbow Serpent acts as the procteor of the land and source of all life. However, the Rainbow Serpent can also be a destructive force if it is not properly respected. It is common for the Rainbow Serpent stories to vary according to different tribes or environmental differences. To the Gunwinggu people it is known as Ngyalod, Borlung by the Miali, and Goorialla by the Nardil People.
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