Wandjina the Cloud Spirits
The Wandjina (also Wanjina, Wondjina) are powerful cloud and rain spirits in the beliefs of the Wanjina Wunggurr cultural bloc of northwestern Australia, including the Worrorra, Wunambal, and Ngarinyin peoples of the Kimberley region. According to Dreamtime legends, the Wandjina created the landscape and its inhabitants and continue to influence both. When the spirit beings found the place where they would die, they painted their images on cave walls and entered a nearby waterhole. The paintings, which date back about 4,000 years, show figures with large upper bodies, eyes and noses but typica