Editing Bunjil (section)

==Creation stories==
In the [[Kulin nation]] in central [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] he was regarded as one of two [[Australian Aboriginal kinship|moiety ancestors]], the other being  [[Crow (Australian Aboriginal mythology)|Waang]] the crow. Bunjil (or Bundjil<ref name="Law 2020">{{cite web | last=Law | first=Benjamin| author-link= Benjamin Law (writer) | title=Benjamin Law's Dicey Topics with Uncle Jack Charles | website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=24 January 2020 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/jack-charles-australia-is-particularly-oddly-still-racist-against-its-first-nations-people-20191128-p53f0o.html | access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>) has two wives and a son, [[Binbeal]] the [[rainbow]]. His brother is [[Balayang|Palian]] the [[bat]]. He is assisted by six ''wirmums'' or [[shaman]]s who represent the clans of the Eaglehawk moiety: Djart-djart the [[nankeen kestrel]], Thara the quail hawk, Yukope the parakeet, Lar-guk the parrot, Walert the [[brushtail possum]] and Yurran the [[gliding possum]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

A [[Boonwurrung]] story tells of a time of conflict among the Kulin nations, when people argued and fought with one another, neglecting their families and the land. The mounting chaos and disunity angered the sea, which began to rise until it had covered the plains and threatened to flood the entire country. The people went to Bunjil and asked him to help them stop the sea from rising; Bunjil agreed to do so, but only if the people would change their ways and respect the laws and each other. He then walked out to the sea, raised his spear and ordered the water to stop rising.<ref>{{cite web |author=Briggs|first=Carolyn|author-link=Carolyn Briggs|date=31 May 2000|title=Boon Wurrung Story| url=http://www.yarrahealing.catholic.edu.au/stories-voices/index.cfm?loadref=87|url-status= live| work=Yarra Healing|access-date=15 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014201207/http://www.yarrahealing.catholic.edu.au/stories-voices/index.cfm?loadref=87 |archive-date=14 October 2009 }}</ref>

According to one legend, after creating the mountains, rivers, flora, fauna, and laws for humans to live by, Bunjil gathered his wives and sons then asked Waang, who had charge of the winds, to open his bags and let out some wind. Waang opened a bag in which he kept his whirlwinds, creating a cyclone which uprooted trees. Bunjil asked for a stronger wind. Waang complied, and Bunjil and his people were blown upwards into the sky. Bunjil himself became the star [[Altair]] and his two wives, the [[black swan]]s, became stars on either side.<ref>{{cite book | author=[[Mudrooroo]]  | title =Aboriginal mythology: An A-Z spanning the history of the Australian Aboriginal people from the earliest legends to the present day  | publisher = Thorsons  | year = 1994  | location = London  | pages = 23–24  | isbn = 978-1-85538-306-7}}</ref> Bunjil was said to have left this world via the island of [[Deen Maar]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Deen Maar IPA | website=[[National Indigenous Australians Agency]] | date=10 December 2015 | url=https://www.niaa.gov.au/indigenous-affairs/environment/deen-maar-ipa | access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref>