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

^ 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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[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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