Within the context of
Australian Aboriginal mythology, an ''inma'' board is a sacred soul-board of a number of desert peoples, which are said to connect each individual to his ancestors, and to the song and
dreaming of his ancestors, as well as being magic weapons. According to communities of the Western Desert, the sacred ''inma'' board called by the ancestors as
Wati-kutjara In 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. In English, their songline is often called the ''Two Me ...
is represented by the dark patches of the
Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes our Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye ...
(''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:
''Pulina-pulina kaduana wanala rawu janani warai''.
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Australian Aboriginal mythology