Australian Aboriginal mythology Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology is the sacred spirituality represented in the stories performed by Aboriginal Australians within each of the Aboriginal Australian languages, language groups across Australia in their Aboriginal ce ...

, Wuluwaid (see also Wuluwait) is a

rain Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water f ...

god. He is a god from northern Arnhem Land (northern Australia) and is known to work with Bunbulama as a rainmaker. He is also recorded by

Charles Mountford Charles Pearcy Mountford OBE (8 May 189016 November 1976) was an Australian anthropologist and photographer. He is known for his pioneering work on Indigenous Australians and his depictions and descriptions of their art. He also led the Americ ...

and

Ainslie Roberts Ainslie Roberts (12 March 1911 – 28 August 1993) was an Australian painter, photographer, and commercial artist. He is best known for his interpretations of Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal legends in his Dreamtime books, written in collabor ...

as a boatman who ferries the souls of the dead to Purelko, the aboriginal afterlife.

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''The Dreamtime'' (1965) Ainslie Roberts and Charles P Mountford, Adelaide, Rigby Pty Ltd. Australian Aboriginal gods Sky and weather gods Death gods Rain deities {{deity-stub