Kariwilpan
Kariwilpan
Definition
Kariwilpan she is the wife of Kuyuruwayn. She is described as has to have long a horn growing upwards from each shoulder with which she pierces and impales men. She then carries them off to roast and eat them. She does not kill the women, leaving them for her husband to take for himself. Threlkeld also records that “Yaho” has by some means been given to the Blacks as a name for this being.” – unsure if that refers to wife or husband there . . . Source
Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation Language App