bunyip
Australian water monster
A bunyip is a creature from Australian Aboriginal mythology said to inhabit swamps, billabongs, and waterholes.
Descriptions vary—sometimes seal-like, sometimes with a dog's face and flippers—but it's consistently portrayed as dangerous, lurking in murky water to snatch the unwary.
In Australian slang, bunyip can mean an impostor or pretender: a bunyip aristocracy.
Aboriginal mythological creation era
- billabongIsolated river pool
- IndigenousOriginal inhabitants of land
- songlinesAboriginal sung navigation routes
- corroboreeAboriginal ceremonial gathering
Tjukurpa · waterhole · totem · elders · oral tradition · spirit · ancestor · sacred
Isolated river pool
- waterholeNatural animal drinking source
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
- lagoonSheltered coastal shallows
wetlands · riverbank · marsh · muddy · murky · reeds · floodplain · freshwater
Instance of perceiving something
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- cryptozoologyPursuit of unproven creatures
- thylacineExtinct Australian striped marsupial
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
unexplained · encounter · eyewitness · legend · unverified · creature · monster · evidence
Dreamtime
Aboriginal mythological creation era
- billabongIsolated river pool
- IndigenousOriginal inhabitants of land
- songlinesAboriginal sung navigation routes
Tjukurpa · corroboree · waterhole · totem · elders · oral tradition · spirit · ancestor · sacred · ceremony
billabong
Isolated river pool
- waterholeNatural animal drinking source
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
lagoon · wetlands · riverbank · marsh · muddy · murky · reeds · floodplain · freshwater · outback
sighting
Instance of perceiving something
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- cryptozoologyPursuit of unproven creatures
- thylacineExtinct Australian striped marsupial
mystery · unexplained · encounter · eyewitness · legend · unverified · creature · monster · evidence · blurry
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
lurking · nightfall · cry · scream · menace · superstition · ominous · forbidding · avoidance · spine-chilling
amphibious
Operating on land and water
roar · bellowing · nocturnal · predator · fearsome · monstrous · beast · hybrid · grotesque · shapeshifter
- mythical creaturesdragon, dragons, vampire, vampires, werewolf
- cryptidsBigfoot, sasquatch, yeti, Nessie, Loch Ness Monster
- water folklorewater spirits, water nymphs, naiads, river spirits, mermaids
- swamp creaturesswamp monster, bog body, swamp witch
- Australianakangaroo, Vegemite, boomerang, koala, didgeridoo
- hybrid creatureschimera, griffin, centaur, hippogriff, minotaur
bunyipLoch Ness Monster
Legendary Scottish lake creature
Bigfoot · yeti · chupacabra · kraken · kappa