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[[File:Bibbulmun Track Markings.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A track marker from the [[Bibbulmun Track]] featuring a symbol of the Wagyl.]]The '''Wagyl''' (alternative spelling ''Waugl'', ''Waugal'', ''Waugyl'' or ''Waagal'') is, according to [[Noongar]] culture, a snakelike [[Dreamtime (mythology)|dreamtime]] creature responsible for the creation of the [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan]] and [[Canning River (Western Australia)|Canning]] rivers and other waterways and landforms around present day [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] and the south-west of [[Western Australia]].
The [[Rainbow Serpent]], or Wagyl as it is known in the south-west of Western Australia{{clarify|reason=Referenced literature says they are not the same.|date=December 2018}}, created many local landscape features between the Porongarups (Spirit (=Borong) gathering (=Gar) place (=Up)) and off the coast of Fremantle. It was delegated to protect the rivers, lakes, springs and the wildlife. Wagyl [[sacred site]]s tend to be natural sun-traps, located beside bodies of water. The Noongar people were appointed as the guardians of the land by the Wagyl.<ref name="ber93">{{cite journal
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