Tasmania
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Good Hoop/Tasmanian Bunyip/Universal Eye
Good Hoop is an alternate name for the Bunyip, commonly from Tasmania. They often have serpentine forms and may have small or non-visible ears, a sheepdog head, small wing-like fins, shaggy black hair, and/or crooked feet. They measure between 1.2 and 1.35 meters in length and are thought to move 50 km per hour. One was sighted in Lake Tiberias in 1952. It was first viewed in shallow water and quickly disappeared into deep water. Citations: Bayley, Harold. The lost language of symbolism; an inquiry into the origin of certain letters, words, names, fairy-tales, folklore, and mythologies. London, Williams and Norgate, 1912. Hargreaves, Joyce, and Hargreaves, Beryl Joyce. Hargreaves New…
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Digana Mara Bona/Tiggana Marrabona
Digana Mara Bona is a mythical figure from East Tasmania. Its name means “the Twilight Man” or “the Dim Light Man,” though it could also generally mean “spirit.” It is seen as a spirit of great creative power. Citations: Worms, E. A. “Tasmanian Mythological Terms.” Anthropos, vol. 55, no. 1/2, 1960, pp. 1–16. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40453717. Accessed 1 Feb. 2023.