This imagery refers to one of the world's oldest continuous religious traditions: the ancestral story of Wititj, the Rainbow Serpent. Rock art depictions of the Rainbow Serpent in western Arnhem Land date back an estimated 40,000–60,000 years, underscoring the extraordinary longevity of this iconography. Within Gälpu clan tradition, Wititj—the powerful Olive Python—and Djaykuŋ, the Javanese file s…