Daramulum
Ringkasan
Daramulum adalah pahlawan langit dalam budaya Aboriginal di Australia tenggara yang dikaitkan dengan Baiame; suaranya diyakini terdengar lewat bullroarer dalam upacara inisiasi.
Daramulum is a sky hero of the Aboriginal cultures of south-east Australia, associated with Baiame; his voice is said to be heard through the bullroarer at initiation ceremonies.
Kisah dan tradisi
Dalam budaya Aboriginal di Australia tenggara, Daramulum adalah pahlawan langit yang dikaitkan dengan Baiame dan seorang istri emu, serta disebut pengubah wujud. Menurut catatan Howitt, kepercayaan kepada Daramulun, sang "bapa", dan Biamban, sang "tuan", dimiliki semua suku yang menghadiri Kuringal Yuin, dan agama yang berpusat pada Darhumulan menjadi ciri pengenal bangsa Yuin. Suaranya terdengar melalui bullroarer yang diputar di udara dalam upacara inisiasi. Suku Yuin percaya guntur adalah suara Daramulun, dan anak-anak laki-laki diberi tahu bahwa ia akan melukai atau membunuh mereka jika membocorkan rahasia upacara. Dalam salah satu catatan Howitt, figur Daramulun digambar di tanah sebagai "anak" Baiame yang berkaki satu, lengkap dengan kapak yang ia jatuhkan dan jejak kaki emu. Pada seni cadas di Taman Nasional Ku-ring-gai Chase ia digambarkan setengah profil dengan satu lengan, punggung emu, dan kaki besar, di dekat ukiran istri emu-nya; bagi suku Guringai ia diwakili bintang Alpha Crucis dari Salib Selatan. Suku Ngarigo mengira roh orang mati naik ke langit dan disambut Daramulun, yang merawatnya. Dukun di mana-mana dipercaya menerima kekuatannya dari makhluk gaib seperti Baiame, Daramulun, atau Bunjil, dan satu bagian menyebut Daramulun tinggal di pohon dengan pembengkakan besar di sekeliling akarnya. Howitt sendiri menulis bahwa tidak ada pemujaan terhadap Daramulun, dan menganggap beberapa nama dewa dari berbagai suku mewakili satu sosok.
In the Aboriginal cultures of south-east Australia, Daramulum is a sky hero associated with Baiame and an emu-wife, and is described as a shapeshifter. In Howitt's record, belief in Daramulun, the "father", and Biamban, the "master", is shared by all the tribes who attend the Yuin Kuringal, and the Yuin nation is marked out by a religion built around Darhumulan. His voice can be heard through the bullroarer whirled through the air during initiation ceremonies. The Yuin believe thunder is the voice of Daramulun, and boys are warned that he will harm or kill them should they reveal the secrets. In one of Howitt's accounts, a figure of Daramulun is cut on the ground as the one-legged "boy" of Baiame, together with the tomahawk he let fall and emu footprints. In rock art in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park he is shown in semi-profile with one arm, an emu-back and a large foot, near a carving of his emu-wife; for the Guringai he is represented by Alpha Crucis of the Southern Cross. The Ngarigo thought the spirit of a dead person went up to the sky and was met by Daramulun, who takes care of it. Medicine-men are everywhere believed to receive their power from supernatural beings such as Baiame, Daramulun or Bunjil, and one passage says Daramulun lives in a tree with a great swelling round its roots. Howitt himself writes that there is not any worship of Daramulun, and regards several divine names from different tribes as representing one being.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Aborigin Australia
- Kawasan / Region
- Oseania
- Negara / Country
- Australia
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Legendary Figure
- Habitat
- Sky
- Kemampuan / Abilities
- Pengubah wujud
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Dalam salah satu catatan Howitt, Daramulun selalu digambarkan hanya berkaki satu, dengan ujung lainnya runcing dari tulang.
In one of Howitt's accounts, Daramulun is always shown with only one leg, the other ending in a sharp point of bone.