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Wati Wanampi Tjuta / Snake Men – Imuna Kenta’s Story

Imuna paints the Country that stretches from Mutitjulu to Kunytjanu, close to Pipalyatjara in the far west of the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. The ancestral figure known as Wati Wanampi (male water snake) lived at a waterhole site called Malara. The Wanampi gathered a group of men together to go out hunting for kuka (meat).

While they were out looking for meat, another group of male water snakes known as the Wal Mala (an army of soldier snakes who came from Mutitjulu) recruited them into their army. The group joined forces and travelled to a site known as Kuntyjanu, where they engaged in a battle with Wati Tjakura (an edible skink lizard). They speared Wati Tjakura and killed him. The group then returned to Malara, where they rest today at the waterhole.