Spencer & Gillen

A journey through Aboriginal Australia

Woma Snake, Aspidites ramsyi, arenana

Notes

Okranina A (1899) A snake which gives its name to a totem (1899). [Okraninna (FJG)]. Aheyenenhe. Sandhill carpet snake; the ground python, Aspidites ramsay. Henderson and Dobson 1994: 52 note that this form is possibly originally aheye-inenhe, breath getter. (Wilkins) 'Ereninna' (Spencer XP8989)

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Totem Details

Common Name
Woma Snake
Scientific Name
Aspidites ramsyi
Arrernte Name
arenana
Alternative Spellings
  • okranina
  • okraninna
  • ereninna
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