Editing Daramulum

{{Short description|Sky hero associated with Baiame, and an emu-wife}}
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[[File:Engraving of Daramulum.svg|thumb|Daramulum engraving in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/~barry/sas.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918063616/http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/~barry/sas.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-18|title=SNAMES AND SCIENCE|date=2012-09-18|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref> ]]
In [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] cultures of south-east [[Australia]], '''Daramulum''' (variations: '''Darhumulan, Daramulan, Dhurramoolun''' or '''Dharramaalan''') (“one legged”, from dharra 'leg, thigh' + maal 'one' + -an suffix){{Efn|The "dh" is a dental consonant, pronounced like the 'd-th' in English "hid them".}}{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} is a sky hero associated with [[Baiame]], and an [[emu]]-wife.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Ray.Norris/SydneyRockArt/sites/Elvina/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203152905/https://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Ray.Norris/SydneyRockArt/sites/Elvina/index.htm|archive-date=2020-12-03|title=Elvina Track Engraving Site|website=Australia Telescope National Facility}}</ref> He is a [[shapeshifter]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://theconversation.com/take-back-the-stars-and-wear-the-southern-cross-with-pride-33301|title=Take back the stars and wear the Southern Cross with pride|last=Cook|first=Myles Russell|website=The Conversation|language=en|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref>

Engravings of Daramulum are sometimes accompanied by indentations that may represent star groups.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emudreaming.com/literature/Haynes2000.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119190720/http://www.emudreaming.com/literature/Haynes2000.pdf |archive-date=2010-01-19 |url-status=live|title=Astronomy and the Dreaming|last=Haynes|first=Roslynn D}}</ref>

Daramulum is depicted on [[Sydney rock engravings|rock art off Elvina Track]] in [[Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park]], near to a carving of his emu-wife.<ref name=":0" /> He is depicted in semi-profile, with one arm, an emu-back (i.e. pointed buttocks), and a large foot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/~barry/sas.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918063616/http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/~barry/sas.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-18|title=SNAMES AND SCIENCE|date=2012-09-18|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref>

His voice can be heard through the medium of the [[bullroarer (music)|bullroarer]] which is whirled through the air during [[initiation]] ceremonies. He now lives in the trees of the bush, particularly in the [[burl]]s or growths which are found  on the trunks of trees, and only leaves them for initiation ceremonies. The bullroarer must be cut from a tree which contains his spirit for it to work.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}}

For the [[Guringai]], Daramulum is represented by the [[Alpha Crucis]] of the [[Crux|Southern Cross]], with the remainder of the Cross representing the head of his emu wife (of the [[Australian Aboriginal astronomy#Emu in the sky|emu in the sky]] constellation).<ref name=":1" />

A religion centred on Darhumulan is an identifying feature of the [[Yuin]] nation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nntt.gov.au/searchRegApps/NativeTitleClaims/Pages/details.aspx?NTDA_Fileno=NC2017/003|title=Application Details|website=www.nntt.gov.au|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref>

==References==
* "Footprints on Rock", 1997, Sydney: Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council. {{ISBN|0-7313-1002-0}} 
* "The Burbung of the Darkinung Tribes", 1897, Matthews, R.H., Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 10, 1: 1-12
* [http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/australian-mythology.php?deity=DARAMULUM Daramulum on "Godchecker"]
* "Encyclopedia Mythica" http://the-kundalini.com/daramulum-the-aboriginal-god/

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[[Category:Australian Aboriginal mythology]]
[[Category:Legendary birds]]


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