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The Wati kutjara feature in innumerable stories, whose details vary from region to region. In one recension, they are credited with castrating the Man in the Moon by throwing a magical boomerang, Kidili, because he tried to rape the first woman. [5] In other versions, the Wati kutjara are the ones attempting to seduce the same group of women. [2]
Tjilpa-men, significant mythic figures Aranda, Anmatyerre, Kaytetye, Ngalia, Ilpara and Kukatja stories. Tjilpa is the Arrernte word for quoll. Tjinimin, the ancestor of the Australian people. He is associated with the bat and with Kunmanggur the rainbow serpent - per the Murinbata; Ulanji, snake ancestor of the Binbinga; Wala, solar goddess
According to communities of the Western Desert, the sacred inma board called by the ancestors as Wati-kutjara is represented by the dark patches of the Milky Way (pulina-pulina), between the constellations of Centaurus and Cygnus. The inma board was made and flung into the heavens, as sung in the following song verse: [1]
In ancestral times a large mother snake travelled down from the west to Juldi'kapi.From there it was followed by two men (the Wati Kutjara) [b] who wished to kill it. They chased the snake south-east to Pedinga water-hole (Pedinga'kapi, thirty-five miles south-east of the Ooldea Soak).
In traditional society, the Ngaanyatjarra comprised numerous bands, usually constituted by a group of a dozen people. Males only reached marriageable age at around 30, after a thorough training and graduation through a complex initiatory system, that transformed tjilku (male children) into wati (men). [14]
Wati-kutjara (Australia Aboriginal) – Goanna spirits; Wa-won-dee-a-megw – Shapeshifting snail spirit; Wechuge – Human-eating supernatural creature; Weiße Frauen – Female spirit; Wekufe – Demon; Wendigo – Cannibalistic evil spirit; Wentshukumishiteu – Water spirit
She also painted stories about Piltati, near her husband's birthplace, which is closely related to the Two Snake Men Dreaming (Wati Wanampi Kutjara Tjukurpa). The paintings featured in her solo show in Melbourne were all related to this particular Dreaming. [1] Stevens' style was described as bold and dominating.
Lizard, an enemy of Spider-Man; The Lizard Men of Subterranea; The Lizard Men of the Savage Land; The Lizard Men of Tok from the Microverse; Sauron, a Pteranodon-like enemy of the X-Men; Skrulls, an alien race of reptilian shapeshifters; Slither, a snake-like mutant and ally of Magneto who has been a member of the Resistants and the Serpent Society