Barnumbirr is connected to Bralgu by a feathered string stretching across the sky. The spirits of the dead travel along her light to reach Bralgu, the Isle of the Dead, after Yolngu funeral ceremonies.
Barnumbirr, the Morning Star, guided the Djanggawul siblings from Bralgu to the Australian mainland. The Djanggawul's journey from the spirit world parallels the path Barnumbirr illuminates for the souls of the dead.
Barnumbirr traced the first songlines across the sky as she flew from east to west during the Dreamtime, naming country and sacred sites along her path from Bralgu to the horizon.
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