Australian Aboriginal (Gunditjmara related landscape)AustraliaFolklore
Budj Bim Giants
Also known as: Associated with Budj Bim / Tyrendarra country
Basic account
Ancestral beings of giant scale in the volcanic landscape of Budj Bim.
Account
The Budj Bim cultural landscape in southwestern Victoria is a living Aboriginal place of aquaculture, volcano, and ancestral creation, cared for by Gunditjmara people across deep time. Stories of ancestral beings of great power and scale are bound to this country; they are not interchangeable with European giant-tales or colonial "lost race" fantasies.
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- - Gunditjmara knowledge (public aspects)
- - Budj Bim UNESCO documentation
Related giants
- PapinijuwariAustralian Aboriginal (Tiwi) · One-eyed giant spirits of Tiwi tradition who hunt with clubs and bags.
- MurkupangAustralian Aboriginal · Giant figure in northern Australian story cycles of pursuit and country.
- Thardid JimboAustralian Aboriginal · Cannibal giant of southeastern Aboriginal tales - a terror of the camp edge.