Baiame the sky father and Birrahgnooloo the rain-bringer are the primordial couple of the Kamilaroi, whose union produced Daramulum, the one-legged intermediary who descends to earth during Bora ceremonies to speak between his father and humanity.
Cunnenbeillee was a second wife of Baiame in Kamilaroi tradition, who fled from him across the landscape and was transformed during the pursuit.
In Kamilaroi tradition recorded by K. Langloh Parker, Baiame slew the water spirit Kurrea at Narran Lake after the creature swallowed his two wives while they were fishing.
Bullima is the celestial sky realm where Baiame resides after ascending from the earth, watching over his creation and overseeing the world below.
Baiame the sky father delegated authority over earthly ceremony to his one-legged son Daramulum, who descends to preside over initiations and transmit sacred law that the remote creator will not deliver himself.
Maliyan the eaglehawk serves as Baiame's emissary and totem spirit in Kamilaroi tradition, carrying messages between the sky world and earth and acting as his eyes in the physical world.
Baiame established the Bora initiation ceremony in the Dreamtime, entrusting sacred knowledge to humanity through these rites. The Bora grounds and rituals are regarded as Baiame's direct gift to the peoples of southeastern Australia.
Baiame's journeys across southeastern Australia during the Dreamtime created songlines that encode his laws and mark the sacred sites where he rested, taught, and performed ceremonies.
Baiame entrusted the bullroarer to humanity as a means of invoking his presence and power during Bora initiation rites, making its voice his voice.
In Kamilaroi tradition, the Meamei were pursued by Wurrunnah and fled to the sky, where Baiame placed them as the Pleiades star cluster.
Mount Yengo in the Hunter Valley is the place from which Baiame ascended to the sky world after completing his creation, with his reclining form said to be visible in the mountain's shape.
Narran Lake is a sacred site in Baiame's mythology. In Kamilaroi tradition, it is where Baiame's wives were swallowed by the water spirit Kurrea, prompting Baiame to slay the creature and rescue them.
In some southeastern traditions, Baiame sent the Rainbow Serpent to carve the rivers and waterways across the landscape, establishing the Serpent as agent of the supreme sky god's creative will.
Wirinun derive their healing powers from Baiame, who bestows the ability to cure illness and commune with spirits upon those who undergo initiation under his sacred law.
In Karraur tradition, Baiame awakened the sun goddess Yhi from her slumber by whispering her name, flooding the world with light for the first time.
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