The Australian Mimi
The Mimi!
Some more here.
Also, a little excerpt from the chapter on them in A Field Guide to Demons, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits:
The Mimi!
Some more here.
Also, a little excerpt from the chapter on them in A Field Guide to Demons, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits:
Never seen by modern travelers, they were glimpsed by Aboriginal medicine men long ago when people still see spirits. They are assumed to still inhabit the rocks, upon which they have left images of themselves and their activities. All Mimi have keen hearing and can detect when a human wayfarer is nearby. When the Mimi hear someone coming they run to the rocks, blow on them, and the rocks open up like magic doors to allow the Mimi to enter and hide. Certain noises that one hears in this area are the concealed Mimi moving around inside their homes. Some Mimi are friendly to humans, many are antagonistic, and none are dependable.