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THE SERPENT ANCESTORS

The Primordial Pulse: Aquatic Wakes, Terrestrial Guardians & Universal Serpentine Crowns

Richard King Jungala Submerged Sentinel

The Submerged Sentinel

ARTIST: RICHARD KING JUNGALA | TRIBE: GURINDJI

REGION: Central & Western Desert | BORN: c. 1969

Viewed from an aerial vantage, the composition resolves the cranial plate and periscopic eyes of an apex crocodile moving through still water. Sinuous, braided dot-matrices chart fluid surface displacement and the micro-pressure shockwaves detected by crocodilian dermal sensors.

Richard King Jungala Desert Goanna

The Desert Goanna (Wardapi)

ARTIST: RICHARD KING JUNGALA | TRIBE: GURINDJI

REGION: Central & Western Desert | BORN: c. 1969

A masterwork of terrestrial camouflage and animal tracking. The goanna is embedded within an intricate spatial grid, mapping the creature's path through desert sandhills, burrows, and ancestral spinifex country.

THE TRI-CONTINENTAL ARCHETYPE: RADIATING SERPENTINE CANOPIES

Nāga Multi-Headed Serpent Canopy, India

1. THE NĀGA CANOPY

Classical Hindu / Buddhist Tradition (India)

The multi-hooded serpent crest radiating above the crown of consciousness. Symbolizes spiritual guardianship, mastery over primordial waters, and the awakened vital current.

Mesoamerican Seven Serpents Relief, Mexico

2. THE SEVEN SERPENTS

Classic Mesoamerican Relief (Mexico)

Seven stylized serpent heads radiating outward in an energetic fan. Represents the vital life force, cosmic renewal, and fertility streaming forth from the central axis.

Siberian Shamanic Radiating Crown, Russia

3. THE RADIATING ANCESTOR

Prehistoric Siberian Rock Art (Russia)

An anthropomorphic spirit figure crowned by radiating antennae or serpentine branches, embodying trance flight and multi-channel sensory perception into the upper cosmos.

From the billabongs and sandhills of the Northern Territory to the sacred monuments of India, Mesoamerica, and Siberia, the reptilian form embodies humanity's oldest connection to vital life force and primal awareness. In Richard King Jungala's canvases, the stealth of the submerged apex crocodile and the tracking code of the desert goanna reflect this timeless dialogue between terrestrial survival and ancient ancestral power.

ARTIST NAME: RICHARD KING JUNGALA | TRIBE: GURINDJI
AREA: CENTRAL & WESTERN DESERT | BORN: c. 1969