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y separately published work icon The Rainbow Serpent Is Coming single work   picture book   Indigenous story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 The Rainbow Serpent Is Coming
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'Aboriginal children's book written and illustrated by Aboriginal artist/author Fiona Margaret Clarke of the Kirrae Whurrong, Gunditjmara Clans. It is a story focused on caring for the environment and the Aboriginal spiritual ebing [sic] ,'The Rainbow Serpent'

'The Rainbow Serpent or Rainbow Snake is an immortal being and creating God in Aboriginal Mythology. It is a popular image in the art of Aboriginal Australia. It is the shape of a rainbow and a snake. ... When a rainbow is seen in the sky, it is supposed to be the Rainbow Serpent traveling from one waterhole to another.' (Publication summary)

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