noun

• (in Aboriginal mythology) a creature in the form of a huge snake that brings disease.

  ‘they believed the hostile tribes had unleashed the power of mindi on them’

  More example sentences

  • ‘He would move the creator spirit to release mindi, a great snake who hissed poison.’
  • ‘The plague was a reference to smallpox, known locally as mono-la-mindi ('dust of mindi').’
  • ‘More ominous was the calling of the serpent mindi using a ritual in which men and women danced single-file with tufts of feathers.’
  • ‘Mindi, who was associated with introduced epidemic diseases, was said to be going to destroy all whites in southeastern Victoria.’
  • ‘Aborigines near Melbourne called the European-introduced smallpox the 'scale of mindi'.’
  • ‘It was believed that mindi was coming, and not even friendly settlers would be spared the horrors of the plague.’
  • ‘Australia has the great evil snake, mindi, who sends disease.’
  • ‘'Mindi' is a name for the Rainbow Snake, as the cause of disease.’
  • ‘It is believed to be in the power of the large serpent mindi to send this plague forth in answer to the appeals of those who seek the destruction of their foes.’
  • ‘Mythologically speaking, waterholes appear to be extremely dangerous places as they're plagued by a hairy snake called the mindi.’