Byamee (dream time)

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The Great Byamee (Great Byamee) is a creation figure in the dream time of the Aborigines . The figure is symbolized by a monitor lizard. He is a humble and kind man with great wisdom who taught people the laws. In the dreamtime stories there are two places of origin for the Byamee, either the bottom of the sea or the Milky Way. Byamee is the friendliest and most caring creation of the dreamtime.

In his first human encounter, he came across two women who had lost their millstones used to make food. After they had searched everything and could not find the stones, he called for the two ghosts who lived above the trees that had picked up the stones. The great Byamee turned the women into pigeons so that they could retrieve the millstones. The pigeons chased the ghosts. As the ghosts got tired of this hunt and settled on the trees to rest, they lost the stones that fell to the ground. When the millstones hit the ground, the mountains grew, giving people the opportunity to make millstones. This dreamtime story is told as the Flying Grinding Stones .

Byamee gave the Aboriginal bullroar buzzing wood that unique sound. The All Father (father figure of creation) forbade the use of the buzzing wood because it is able to generate noises that offer the possibility of a spiritual connection to the ancestors. This dreamtime story is passed down as Byamee and the Bullroarer .

Byamee's opponent is Yhi. Yhi is the adored of the sun and she gives light and warmth to the creations of Byamee. It gives intelligence and soul life. In the process of creating the earth, the spirit of Byamee became flesh and, as a result, the earth was covered with floods and darkness. Byamee, to his displeasure and surprise, became a man in creation and some animals recognized him. Thereupon he formed the man out of the dust of the earth and made the woman out of a yucca tree (palm lily). Then he returned to the Milky Way. This dreamtime story is called Byamee and Yhi .

literature

  • R. Lewis: The Beginner's Guide to Australian Aboriginal Art. The symbols, their meanings and some Dreamtime stories. 3rd edition 2004, Publisher: Fountainhead Press, Canning Vale DC.