In Aboriginal mythology, Anjea is a fertility goddess or spirit. The souls of the Aboriginals reside within him in-between their incarnations. He picks them up at their resting places in the sand, which are marked with twigs. The twigs are arranged in the ground so as to form a circle, and they are tied together at their tops so that the resulting structure resembles a cone. The spirits are taken away for several years, but Anjea eventually creates the new children from mud and places them in the wombs of future mothers.