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In the beginning all that could be seen was a vast land with nothing gracing its beauty. No animals, no plants, not a single living thing could be seen. Then Baiame brought the ancestors from underground and overseas; brining with them life to this land. Every ancestor created its own thing and that thing is what the ancestor resembled. The swordfish ancestor looked like a swordfish. In creating earth and its people and all the living things they had to journey far and fought many battles. With these battles came new shape to the land; rivers came and mountains formed. However, when a wrong was caused by any man or animal the rainbow snake would come upon them. He would either drown them, making rivers or streams or eat them and spit out their bones which would make hills and valleys. However, the Rainbow snake was not just vengeful; she was an old woman who taught her children to talk and understand. She tought them how to survive. The sun was also created in dreamtime. One day the Emu ancestor and Eagle ancestor were fighting, the Eagle ancestor took Emu's egg and threw it up in the air, where it burst into flames. Then everyda