The Dreaming

The whole world was asleep. Everything was quiet, nothing moved, nothing grew. The animals slept under the earth. One day the rainbow snake woke up and crawled to the surface of the earth. She pushed everything aside that was in her way. she wandered through the whole country and when she was tired she coiled up and slept. So she left her tracks. After she had been everywhere she went back and called the frogs. When they came out their tubby stomachs were full of water. The rainbow snake tickled them and the frogs laughed. The water poured out of their mouths and filled the tracks of the rainbow snake. That's how rivers and lakes were created. Then grass and trees began to grow and the earth filled with life.

De wagyl (lees: waugal) is een, volgens de Noongar cultuur, een slangachtig Dreamtime creature, verantwoordelijk voor de creatie van de Swan en Canning River en andere waterwegen en landschappen in de omgeving van Perth en het zuidwesten van Western Australia.