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by Micha F. Lindemans

The totemic ancestor of the Kamilaroi tribe of New South Wales. An ancient sky god and 'father of all things', he was master of life and death -- the archetypal medicine-man. He answered invocations for rain, while his favourite wife, Birrahgnooloo, sent floods on request. Baiame also invented the stone fish trap.