in the marra dreamtime ("jijan", or in kriol "drimin"), there are several creation narratives, thematically centred on beings such as, in approximate translation, mermaids ("gilyirring/gilyirring"), winds/whirlwinds ("walulu"), the king brown snake ("bandiyan"), the goanna, ("wardabirr"), the olive python/quiet snake ("gurrujardbunggu", the black-headed python ("bubunarra"), taipan ("garrimarla"), the antelopine wallaby ("barlin.gama") and the catfish ("ngurru").