Eingana is a creator goddess of the Jawoyn people in Australian Aboriginal mythology, also known as the Dreamtime Snake. She is described as the mother of all water animals and of humans, a snake goddess of death who dwells in the Dreaming. According to the tradition, she had no natural means of giving birth, having simply grown larger and larger with the life inside her, until the god Barraiya opened a passage for her with a spear so that labor could begin. Eingana is said to hold a sinew connecting her to every living creature, and should she ever let one go, the creature attached to it dies. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Attestation
Veneration TodayActively venerated in a living tradition 1 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / Function Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Eingana, Structured Record (Wikidata Q)
Wikipedia, "Eingana"
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