BOBBI-BOBBI

In the Australian Aborigine story of the Dreamtime, Bobbi-Bobbi was a serpent who lived in the heavens. At that time, people had only water to live upon and so the serpent created game animals. The Earth was teeming with creatures that could provide food, but people had no idea how to catch them, so Bobbi-Bobbi took one of his own ribs to make the first boomerang. This throwing stick was an incredibly powerful weapon, and they could not lose it, since it always came back to them. The hunters were so delighted with the boomerang that they used it to make a hole in the clouds. But Bobbi-Bobbi was angered with this violent ingratitude and he withdrew all his help from the people so that they had to manage things for themselves. (See Rainbow Serpent.)