Australia (Aboriginal folk tale)

The Bunyip

Folklore — not a documented case

In Australia's indigenous Aboriginal culture, a tale of a creature believed to live in wetlands such as swamps and ponds. Part of an oral tradition thousands of years old, it has also left its mark on the region's geographic identity.

The bunyip, told in the indigenous Aboriginal cultures of Australia, is a being believed to live in wetlands — swamps, rivers, and ponds.

The stories in this section are folk tales and legends; they are not verified, real events and should not be confused with the rest of the archive.

From the same region