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Darumutum, of Baiame, of Cogn, of Bunjil is that they never died at all.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Man never lived consistently on the level of his best original ideas: savages also have endless myths of Baiame or Daramulun, or Bunjil, in which these personages, though interested in human behaviour, are puerile, cruel, absurd, lustful, and so on.
The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878
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In one known case, the deity, Pundjel or Bunjil, takes the wives of Karween, who is changed into a crane. {46b} This is one of the many savage aetiological myths which account for the peculiarities of animals as a result of metamorphosis, in the manner of Ovid.
The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878
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Australian figures, Baiame, Bunjil, and Daramulun, appear not to differ essentially from those just mentioned.
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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The relation between the Australian supernatural being Bunjil (or Punjil) and the eagle-hawk is not clear.
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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Daramulun, Bunjil of Australia, [1147] perhaps Supu of the Melanesian island of Vate.
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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It has been connected with the legend of Bunjil, who is thus envisaged, not as "Our
The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878
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Bunjil, Baiame, or Daramulun in different tribal languages, but who in all is known by a name the equivalent of the only one used by the Kurnai, which is Mungan-ngaur, or 'Our Father. '"
The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878
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In Southeast Australia the personages called Daramulun, Baiame, Bunjil, correspond to this description: they are supernatural old men who have always existed; they are taken for granted without inquiry into their origin; they direct the affairs of the tribe in a general way in accordance with the moral ideas of the place and time. [
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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