Wati-kutjara

In Western Australian Aboriginal mythology, the Wati kutjara (also Wati kutjarra or Wadi Gudjara) are two young lizard-men (totem: goanna) who, in the Dreaming, travelled all over the Western Desert.

[1] The Wati kutjara are ubiquitous in the mythology of the Western Desert;[2] Their journey extends for thousands of kilometres, stretching from the Kimberley to South Australia.

As they travel, they sing of the animals, plants and geographic features that they encounter, naming them and calling them into being.

[3] Filled with magical power, these two unmarried brothers eventually travelled all over the Western Desert destroying many dangerous evil spirits.

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.