D,  Spirits,  Tasmania

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.

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