Papinijuwari
Basic account
One-eyed giant spirits of Tiwi tradition who hunt with clubs and bags.
Account
The Papinijuwari are one-eyed giants of Tiwi tradition who hunt the sick and drink blood. They belong to a living island cosmology, and what is publicly known about them is a fraction of what exists.
Motifs
- The single eye
- Eater of people
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What is disputed
The publicly available description rests on a narrow and dated ethnographic base, and should not be treated as comprehensive or authoritative.
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Sources
- Tiwi oral tradition, Bathurst and Melville Islands
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