The following three dreaming stories are from Bunjil's cave: Myths, legends and superstitions of the aborigines of south-east Australia by Aldo Massola and have been re-written by Mandy Nicholson. Bunjil – the Creator. Long ago Bunjil, the Wedge-Tail Eagle, was a very powerful man. He was the headman of the Kulin.

Bunjil serves as one of the two moiety ancestors of the Kulin nation, alongside Waang the crow. His family includes two wives and a son named Binbeal, representing the rainbow. Bunjil’s brother, Palian the bat, assists him alongside six wirmums or shamans, each representing different clans. This familial structure highlights the ...