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  • The Batman as James Bond storyline you reference ends with the dictator sorry, comics not to hand brutally murdered by a hideously deformed Wandjina.

    Week 45: The Poys and the Luggage Douglas Wolk 2007

  • Traditional American Indian imagery is used sell motorcycles; an image of the Wandjina spirit is used as the logo of an Australian surfboard company; and so forth.

    Eva Hemmungs Wirten: No Trespassing Michael Allen 2005

  • The 13 slates, the size of bread plates, are painted on two sides with ochre drawings of animals, dancers, and icons evoking the Wandjina, ancient spirits which legend has it taught the Aboriginals to hunt and fish.

    NYT > Home Page By LINDA HERVIEUX 2010

  • Froggy, because his first boat - the catamaran named after the Kimberley storm spirit Wandjina - literally called him away from impending disaster.

    northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star 2009

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