Kidili

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In Australian aboriginal mythology (specifically: Mandjindja), Kidili (or Kidilli) was an ancient moon-man who attempted to rape some of the first women on Earth. The Wati-kutjara wounded him in battle, castrating him with a boomerang, and he died of his wounds in a waterhole.[1][2] The women he was trying to rape became the Pleiades.

References

  1. Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald; Firth, Raymond; Elkin, Adolphus Peter (1942). Oceania: A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Native Peoples of Australia, New Guinea, and the Islands of the Pacific Ocean. University of Sydney. p. 11.
  2. International Encyclopaedia of Tribal Religion: Tribal cosmology, myths and world view. Cosmo Publications. 2000. p. 227. ISBN 978-81-7755-042-9.

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