THUNDERSTORM & RAINBOW SERPENT (Monday 8-1-11)

The Rainbow Serpent is a common motif in the art and mythology of Aboriginal Australia. It is named for the snake-like meandering of water across a landscape and the colour spectrum caused when sunlight strikes water at an appropriate angle relative to the observer.

The Rainbow Serpent is seen as the inhabitant of permanent waterholes and is in control of life's most precious resource, oils and waters. He is the sometimes unpredictable Rainbow Serpent, who vies with the ever-reliable Sun, that replenishes the stores of water, forming gullies and deep channels as he slithered across the landscape, allowing for the collection and distribution of water.

Dreamtime stories tell of the great spirits and totems during creation, in animal and human form they moulded the barren and featureless earth. The Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, mountains and gorges as it pushed upward. The Rainbow Serpent is known as Ngalyod by the Gunwinggu and Borlung by the Miali. He is a serpent of immense proportions which inhabits deep permanent waterholes.[1]

Serpent stories vary according to environmental differences. Tribes of the monsoonal areas depict an epic interaction of the Sun, Serpent and wind in their Dreamtime stories, whereas tribes of the central desert experience less drastic seasonal shifts and their stories reflect this.

It is known both as a benevolent protector of its people (the groups from the country around) and as a malevolent punisher of law breakers. The Rainbow Serpent's mythology is closely linked to land, water, life, social relationships and fertility.

There are innumerable names and stories associated with the serpent, all of which communicate the significance and power of this being within Aboriginal traditions.

The myth of the Rainbow Serpent is sometimes associated with Wonambi naracoortensis, a large snake of the now extinct megafauna of Australia.

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[jinglejangle1877]

WOW - I watched this video twice now. Wanted to see the beautiful pictures and paintings again. What a colorful feast for the eyes. The hypnotic sound of the Yidaki (Didgeridoo) can carry you away to the dreamland, that's for sure.

We have two lakes close to our little town. And every time a thunderstorm is around and the sky turns steel blue, a double rainbow appears. We always stand in awe, bathing in its beauty.

Thanks for sharing this wonderful arrangement.

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@jinglejangle1877

Hi!! Thank you for such a nice compliment....

I had fun making the video,

and I'm so glad you enjoyed it, hehe : ) !!

*HUGS*

[clnmyjts]

cool video..lot of cool symbology in the art work... maybe the giant flying spaghetti monster is a basic truth. Hydra /watch?v=NOxg0vwRNco Hydra ("water serpent") is the name of the Lernaean Hydra, a many-headed serpent in Greek. ( AND the seven headed wild beast came up out of the sea! ) IT is also know to be a immortal creature..via its self cloning abilities

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@clnmyjts

Hi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

OMG I just totally dropped off the edge didn't I?? LOL

I am so sorry!!

Here is a video you'll totally dig, but I'll send it via email too,

just in case this comment box doesn't work. Video title:

Aboriginal Dreamtime, The Rainbow Serpent, and The Orb Bar Wave Process

paulcmuir

[truthteller19672]

serpent = deceiver , colors = false lights , they come from the real light but are not the light

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@truthteller19672

CHRIST ....the Good SERPENT.

John 3:14

"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,

EVEN SO must the Son of man be lifted up:"

[gentle7ways7]

they say lightning never strikes the same place twice how untrue is that.. like history it always repeats itself like a nightmare that you can't wake up from

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@truthteller19672

15 "Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water;

and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come;

and the rod which was turned to a SERPENT shalt thou take in thine hand."

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@truthteller19672

12 "For they cast down every man his rod, and they became SERPENTS:

but Aaron's rod (Aaron's SERPENT) swallowed up their rods (their SERPENTS)."

13 "And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them;

as the LORD had said."

14 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened,

he refuseth to let the people go."

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@truthteller19672

Exodus 7:9-15

9 "When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you:

then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh,

and it shall become a SERPENT."

10 "And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh,

and they did so as the LORD had commanded:

and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants,

and it became a SERPENT."

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@truthteller19672

Acts 2:2-3

"And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,

and it filled all the house where they were sitting."

"And there appeared unto them CLOVEN TONGUES like as of fire,

and it sat upon each of them."

....cloven tongues (*forked* tongues, serpents tongues)

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@truthteller19672

We are all serpents, and there are *two* serpents in the world:

the GOOD One and the bad one,

just like: good and bad, right and wrong, truth and lies, etc.

John 3:14

"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,

EVEN SO must the Son of man be lifted up:"