Wonjina - Wonjina

Japanese: ウォンジナ - うぉんじな
Wonjina - Wonjina

… [Jiro Suzuki]
[art]
The rock art (painted and engraved) and bark paintings of the Australian Aboriginal people clearly reflect their highly developed mythology and beliefs. The themes of the rock art are secular but many are religious, such as the rain god Wondjina, who has no mouth, radial rings around his head and a striped body. Rock art is distributed widely throughout Australia, but in the north a naturalistic style with depictions of Wondjina and other creatures dominates, while in the south geometric line drawings with circles, spirals and wavy lines are more prevalent.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Wonjina" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【鈴木 二郎】
[美術]
 オーストラリア先住民の,ひじょうに発達した神話や信仰を如実に反映するのが,彼らの岩壁画(彩画,刻画)や樹皮画である。岩壁画の主題は世俗的なものもあるが多くは宗教的なもので,ウォンジナWondjinaと呼ばれる降雨の神――口がなくて,頭のまわりに放射状の輪があり,胴体が縞状になっている――などがあらわされる。岩壁画はオーストラリア全土に広く分布しているが,北部ではウォンジナなどの描出をともなう自然主義的様式が支配的で,南部では円,渦巻,波状線などによる幾何学的な線画が多い。…

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