Editing Kidili

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In [[Australia]]n [[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, [[castration|castrating]] him with a [[boomerang]], and he died of his wounds in a waterhole.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Radcliffe-Brown |first1=Alfred Reginald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8IZAAAAMAAJ |title=Oceania: A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Native Peoples of Australia, New Guinea, and the Islands of the Pacific Ocean |last2=Firth |first2=Raymond |last3=Elkin |first3=Adolphus Peter |date=1942 |publisher=University of Sydney |pages=11 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iETXAAAAMAAJ |title=International Encyclopaedia of Tribal Religion: Tribal cosmology, myths and world view |date=2000 |publisher=Cosmo Publications |isbn=978-81-7755-042-9 |pages=227 |language=en}}</ref>  The women he was trying to rape became the [[Pleiades]].

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[[Category:Australian Aboriginal gods]]
[[Category:Mythological rapists]]

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