#rainbow serpent

[pierppasolini]

Haltéroflic (1983) // dir. Philippe Vallois

[newguineatribalart]

Enter the world of the Rainbow Serpent—one of the most powerful ancestral beings in Aboriginal art. Discover its meaning, symbolism, and stories across Arnhem Land and beyond. Explore museum-quality bark paintings and uncover the cultural depth behind this timeless Dreaming. View the full story here and experience its enduring power.

[mucousnnembrane]

sing to me, John Constantine.

[ben-miller-art]

Kulipari: A King Rises - Rainbow Serpent Initial Concept

Realizing I never posted this to Tumblr. This was my initial idea for the rainbow serpent in the AKR finale. The design was eventually put to the wayside. Someone else designed the final look and she ended up just being blue...

[otherworldmythology]

Rainbow Serpent

One of the only shared gods among the several aboriginal Australian groups. This primordial deity inhabits watering holes and ponds and is said to be the rainbow personified. During The Dreaming the rainbow serpent is said to have risen from the land, creating mountains and distributing water among the lands. Depending on the group the serpent can also be considered the creator of all things in the universe. When angered the serpent brings storms and chaos to punish humans. Its stories are countless and hard to keep track of; the serpent can be god of many things depending on who is telling the tale, but in all it is an awe-inspiring force of nature.

Pantheon: Aboriginal

Domain or Function: Creator of water and the lands, provides rain and sustenance but also brings storms and destruction. A roaming force of nature.

Alternate Names: Goes by countless names including Yurlunggur (Murngin people), Witij (Galpu people), Kanmare (Pitapita people), and more.

Character Traits: The serpent is both benevolent and belligerent, it is a fundamental principle that is to be respected like many creator gods.

Visual Traits: Usually depicted as a literal serpent, sometimes with many heads or breasts, and usually quite colorful as it is the rainbow personified.

Symbolism: Colors, yams, serpents.

Sources: 1 2 3

[quantumlotus]

Still We Rise - Harmonia Rosales (2021)

Info:

By directly restructuring Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment, Rosales replaces a canonical Western vision of religious salvation and damnation with a monument to the African diaspora, layering it with profound visual metaphors. It visualizes the historical reality of earthly trauma, specifically the horrors of American chattel slavery depicted at the bottom. Every black figure in the painting is crowned with a vibrant gold halo. By placing halos on the survivors and the African deities alike, she shows that black ancestors are fundamentally divine, choosing to celebrate their inherent grace, strength, and beauty.

*this writing is not mine I do not take credit*

[fuckabledragonoftheday]

Rainbow Serpent from the book How to Raise and Keep a Dragon by John Topsell

[nephrenklamm]

Want to post some oc stuff here also…so here’s Cozatiuh (Pic 1) the ancient Spirit of the Rainbow from Chichen Itzá.

(Coza is in charge of precipitation and sorcery. He is like an ever-changing radiance and still worshipped as an elder god in some regions in Dreamland.)

And Pic 2 shows Coza’s half-human form and some of his divine colleagues

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