The Rainbow Serpent
is a major mythological being for Aboriginal people
across Australia, although the creation stories associated
with it are best known from northern Australia.
The Rainbow Serpent
is seen as the inhabitant of permanent waterholes
and is in control of life's most precious resource,
water. It is the underlying Aboriginal mythology
for the famous Outback "bunyip".
It is the sometimes unpredictable Rainbow Serpent,
who vies with the ever-reliable Sun, that replenishes
the stores of water.
It is known both as
a benevolent protector of its people and as
a malevolent punisher of law breakers. The rainbow
serpent's mythology is closely linked to land, water,
life, social relationships and fertility.
Rainbow Serpent 3D Screensaver
is an abstract homage to this ancient story,
accompanied by authentic Didgeridoo music. |