Bamapana

{{Short description|Australian Aboriginal trickster god}}

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{{One reference|date=December 2009}}

In Yolngu mythology, Bamapana is a trickster god who causes discord. He is obscene and profane and once committed incest, thus breaking a strict taboo.{{cite book |last1=Cotterell |first1=Arthur |title=A Dictionary of World Mythology |date=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-217747-8 |page=271 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ExuhmHX4dUEC&q=%22Bamapana%22&pg=PA271 |location=New York |accessdate=16 August 2020 |language=en}}