Bunjil The Eagle Analysis

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Watch the video 'Bunjil the Eagle' and reflect on what it reveals to us about Aboriginal religion. Make at least three points in your paragraph.

In the video, Joy Murphy Wandin stated, “It is our place and that place comes from knowing that it's been created by a very special spiritual being that we know as Bunjil the Eagle.” She further mentioned that Aboriginal communities have totems or moieties. For the Wurundjeri people, it is Bunjil the Eagle. This implies that the Aboriginal religion is very totemic because whenever there’s a fearsome, challenging time or a time of doubt where the Wurundjeri people are unsure of which way to go or what they should do, an eagle will feature and give them a sense that they are doing the right thing.

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