Birrangulu
{{Short description|Goddess of fertility in Australian Aboriginal mythology}}
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In Gamilaraay mythology, Birrangulu (‘face like an axe handle’, from birra ‘axe handle’ and ngulu ‘forehead’){{sfn|Ash|Giacon|Lissarrague|2003|p=41}} or Birrahgnooloo is a fertility spirit{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} who would send floods if properly asked.{{Cite book |last=Langloh-Parker |first=K. |title=The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia |publisher=Archibald Constable and Company, Ltd. |year=1905 |location=London |pages=7–8}} She is said to have had a long thin face.{{sfn|Ash|Giacon|Lissarrague|2003|p=41}}
Birrangulu is one of two wives of Baiame,{{sfn|Ash|Giacon|Lissarrague|2003|p=41}}{{sfn|Fuller|Norris|Trudgett|2013|p=12}} with whom she is the mother of Daramulum.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
In the Guwamu language, Birrangula, is a name of the Creator.{{sfn|Ash|Giacon|Lissarrague|2003|p=41}}
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- {{cite book |editor1-first=Anna |editor1-last=Ash |editor2-first=John |editor2-last=Giacon |editor3-first=Amanda |editor3-last=Lissarrague |name-list-style=amp |title=Gamilaraay, Yuwaalaraay & Yuuwaalayaay Dictionary |location=Alice Springs, N.T. |publisher=IAD Press |year=2003 |isbn=1-86465-051-6}}
- {{cite arXiv |first1=Robert S. |last1=Fuller |first2=Ray P. |last2=Norris |first3=Michelle |last3=Trudgett |name-list-style=amp |title=The Astronomy of the Kamilaroi People and their Neighbours |date=2013-11-01 |eprint=1311.0076 |page=12|class=physics.hist-ph }}
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Category:Australian Aboriginal goddesses
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