The Yolŋu people

The Yolŋu people

• Model: Artistic

• Size: 704 X 896 (0.63 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: oil painting by Yossi Kotler, The Yolŋu people of northern Australia say that the constellation of Orion, which they call Julpan (or Djulpan), is a canoe. They tell the story of three brothers who went fishing, and one of them ate a sawfish that was forbidden under their law. Seeing this, the Sun-woman, Walu, made a waterspout that carried him and his two brothers and their canoe up into the sky. The three stars that line in the constellation's centre, which form Orion's Belt in Western mythology, are the three brothers; the Orion Nebula above them is the forbidden fish; and the bright stars Betelgeuse and Rigel are the bow and stern of the canoe. This is an example of astronomical legends underpinning the ethical and social codes that people use on Earth.[13][14 in the style of quilt painting art
  • Using base image: No
  • Aspect Ratio: portrait