Spirit Ancestor
This page groups search-ready records carrying the label “Spirit Ancestor” in public source text or archive coding. It preserves a discovery term without treating the label as proof, a biological category, or a claim that distinct cultural traditions are interchangeable.
- Search-ready records
- 4
- Public sources
- 1
- States / territories
- 0
- Dated span
- 1904–1904
Terminology belongs to the cited public sources and may be historical, contested, culturally specific, or outdated.
Public records
- spirit ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1932ose spirit ancestor inhabited a special water-hole close by the side of Thapauerlu, where the Wollunqua itself lives. In the Arunta tribe the spirit individual is spoken of as an iruntaHnia^ and in addition to the latte…
- spirit ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1931come out and enter her body. On the other hand we do, now and again, though only rarely, meet with beliefs similar to those of the Arunta — as, for example, in the case of the present headman of the Wollunqua totem, who…
- spirit ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1923, and no woman will strike one of them with a hatchet for fear lest the blow should disturb one of the spirits, and it should immediately come out and enter her body. On the other hand we do, now and again, though only…
- spirit ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1920change amongst the tribes in regard to organisation and beliefs, and at the same time to demonstrate a fundamental agreement in regard to certain important matters. Perhaps the most interesting result of our work is the…