Today we have decided to talk about one of the oldest mythologies in the world: the Australian aboriginal mythology. The ancestors have left their footprints on the earth and their cave drawings, some of them interesting, are found in the caves of Australia. We have talked about one of the supreme gods, the Rainbow Serpent, but now it is the turn of Baime. According to this mythology, he is the Creator God and the Father of Heaven for many Australian aboriginal groups.
The myth of Baiame relates how this god descends from heaven to earth, creates rivers, forests and mountains and then delivers the laws of life, songs and traditions. After completing his extensive and important work, he returns to heaven and that is why the people called him the Heavenly Father. As in other mythologies composed of many gods, it is said that Baiame married Birraghnooloo and had a son, Daamulum. Within Aboriginal society women cannot pronounce his name or see pictures of him. Nor go near the sacred sites related to this god, generally in turn sites of male initiation. In the state of New South Wales is Lake Macquarie, the site where the god creates mountains, lakes, rivers and caves.
Here, a cave near Milbrodale contains cave drawings including a slender figure that archaeologists and anthropologists have identified as Baiame. That is why it is called Baiame Cave: the figure is slender, with large eyes and long open arms.
Source and photo 1: via Wikipedia
Photo 2: via epress