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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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