Down Under

Australia

Kunapippi, Mother of All, is the Aboriginal mother of all living beings who came from a land across the sea to establish her clan in northern Australia, where she is found in both fresh and salt water. She may also manifest herself as the rainbow snake goddess of initiations who brings the rainy season to renew the land. Kunapippi's background is in the Aborigine art dot making tradition.
Source: Pictograph. Kakadu National Park, northern Australia
 

 

New Zeland

Maori Tiki is the great ancestor mother of the soul. Bird-like eyes and three-fingered claw hands connect her to birds as vehicles and guardians of spirits. Displaying her vulva, Tiki is related to sheela-na-gigs around the world as a symbol of rebirth. Her background is a kouru spiral of growing energies.
Source: Hei-tiki Maori Ancestral Pendant, greenstone with paua shell inlay. National Musuem of New Zealand

   
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