Baiame : The Creator God | Aboriginal Mythology | Oceanian Mythology | Mythlok

Baiame : The Creator God | Aboriginal Mythology | Oceanian Mythology | Mythlok

Baiame is the ancient sky god of the Kamilaroi peoples of New South Wales. He is known for inventing the stone fish trap and for answering prayers for rain. He is also considered to be the creator #god for several #Aboriginal tribes of south eastern #Australia like the Wonnarua, Kamilaroi, Eora, Darkinjung, and Wiradjuri.

Baiame is often depicted as wearing a large head-dress with various internal decorations. The images available are from numerous cave paintings and stone carvings available, so more detailed descriptions are unavailable. These include vertical lines running down his body and bands and dots. It is believed that he is an older person who is wise and takes an interest in helping the humans who worship him.

He is believed to have two wives, Birrangulu and Ganhanbili. Birrangulu is commonly identified and represented as an emu which is one of the birds that is native to the region. He is also believed to have fathered Dharramalan with Birrangulu according to some tribes while others believe Dharramalan to be his brother.

Baiame is usually not known by any other names but there have been many variations to the way the name is spelt depending on the person who is writing about the god. The most common representations are Biame, Baayami, Baayama or Byamee. 

He is also referred as Sky Hero or All Father or Sky Father among most of the tribes from the #Australian mainland.

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