| The Rainbow Serpent (2706 words) |
 | The Wawilak Sisters' myth is re-enacted in the Julunggul ritual, which lasts from a variable period of two weeks to a couple of months. |
| Knight states that Aboriginal men perform what women used to act in the past, that is keeping their rituals secret and thus maintaining social and political power (1988). |
| By virtue of strategic alliances women controlled the social and political world; moreover, they were in total control of their sexuality, which was employed as a means of obtaining food with regular occurrence and protection against other bands. |
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