Kunapipi

Kunapipi is the Great Mother of the eastern Arnhem Land territory. She created the earth and populated it with many children, above all animals and plants. There exist many songs, often explicitly erotic, that highlight the contrast between her essential femininity and the symbolism of the rainbow serpent (although the latter in some cases may also be feminine). The Rainbow Serpent acquires the secret knowledge of ritual and fertility by swallowing her daughters, the Waugeluk (or Wawilak) sisters.