Wizard
This page groups search-ready records carrying the label “Wizard” 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
- 64
- Public sources
- 4
- States / territories
- 5
- Dated span
- 1842–1925
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- wizard in Australian Fairy Tales#1409hrough the garden they advanced Making for the Lawn! On they came! The Emus stately, Proudly, quietly, sedately; Followed by the Herons fine! Wombats, Wallabys and Dingoes; Grey Companion-Flamingoes;— ’Keets and Lories…
- wizard in The Last Chance#2614t cross the moors to Hawkstone Craig, but proceeded by the more modern route of Keighley and Sheffield. Behold the pilgrims then, by the kind offices of the steam king, whose miracles Sir Walter regarded with ‘half-prou…
- wizard in The Last Chance#2610ting, magical memories of the Wizard of the North. They gazed with awe, and almost adoration, at the towers and turrets, pinnacles and mouldings of the famous abode of the more famous owner and designer. It seemed to th…
- wizard in The Last Chance#2609ded with ‘half-proud, half-sad, half-angry, and half-pleased feelings,’ landed within walking distance of Abbotsford, and its haunting, magical memories of the Wizard of the North. They gazed with awe, and almost adorat…
- wizard in Byamee and Wirreenun#1453ebillahs burrow into the sand and leave their young there as soon as the faintest feel of a spine appears. The baby piggiebillahs look like little indiarubber toys. The opossums all disappeared from our district. When w…
- wizard in Byamee and Wirreenun#1452The opossums all disappeared from our district. When we were first there they were very numerous and used to make raids at night to my rose-bushes—great havoc the result. It is said a very great wirreenun—wizard—willed…
- wizard in Spirits and Wirreenun#1446als like us.' We left it. That evening a messenger arrived from the sheep station to say my cook's mother had died just before sunset. The camp were firm believers in Bootha's witch-stick after that. It was just as well…
- wizard in Spirits and Wirreenun#1445They say that long ago the wirreenuns always used to have a sort of totem wizard-stick guarding the front of their camps.
- wizard in The Medicine Men#1369e, or one of its multiplex totems, and show no sign of sorrow or anger; but should any one speak evil of the Beewee, or of any of its multiplex totems, there will be a quarrel. There will likewise be a quarrel if any on…
- wizard in The Medicine Men#1367him, though it is possible that there may have been a time in tribal history, now forgotten, when totems were wunnarl, and these ceremonies may be all that is left to point to that time. When a boy, after his first Boo…
- wizard in The Medicine Men#1366When a boy, after his first Boorah, killed his first emu, whether it was his Dhé, or totem, or not, his father made him lie on the bird before it was cooked. Afterwards a wirreenun (wizard) and the father rubbed the fa…
- wizard in The Medicine Men#1365When the wunnarl was taken off a particular kind of meat, a wizard poured some of the melted fat and inside blood of that animal or bird, as the case might be, over the boy, and rubbed it into him. The boy, shaking and…
- wizard in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1943tribe with which we have come into contact. The profession is strictly hereditary in the members of the Yuntanarra or falling-star totem, who are especially associated with the un- friendly spirits living in the sky. Th…
- wizard in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1942D POWER OF MEDICINE MEN 489 Strictly speaking, he is a wizard or sorcerer rather than a doctor, as his powers consist in the giving of “ bones ” and not in the withdrawing of evil magic. The natives have special incanta…
- wizard in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1937e idea in the Anula tribe, which in most of its customs and traditions is very closely similar to the Mara, in regard to doctors is quite distinct from that of any other tribe with which we have come into contact. The p…
- wizard in Such Is Life#2991r of the stable, whilst Pawsome's horses--a white and a piebald-- were occupying the two stalls, and voraciously tearing down mouthfuls of good Victorian hay from the rack above the manger. Pawsome, silently caressing o…
- wizard in Such Is Life#2989gh of Despond, and the other across the Delectable Mountains, but you don't know whether the section will prove rough or smooth, or whether it ends in a junction or a terminus, till the cloven mists of the Future melt i…
- wizard in In Bad Company#2578E MURRAY_ Aunt Rachel Schwartz The Weaker Vessel John Vale's Guardian _By W. E. NORRIS_ Thirlby Hall Bachelor's Blunder _By Mrs. OLIPHANT_ Neighbours on the Green Joyce Kirsteen A Beleaguered City Hester He that Will No…
- wizard in The Aborigines of New South Wales#3675pirits, or of some wicked ' karaji' or wizard, who, at his own will, or hired thereto by others, has, by magic arts, put something into the sick man's body sufi&cient to make him pine away and die. In tbe firm and unive…
- wizard in The Aborigines of New South Wales#3674t compare with this similar practices and desires in aU ages and countries. DEATH AND BUEIAL, 83 Wlierever a tribe inters the dead, after the grave is neatly dug, the body is slung on a long pole borne on the shoulders…
- wizard in The Aborigines of New South Wales#3673on which they may have possessed. So, when an Australian is sick, if the sickness is seen to come from some intelligible cause, such as a cold or a surfeit in eating, the usual native remedies are applied, and the matte…
- wizard in The Aborigines of New South Wales#3672a small hole, and, leaving there what nature casts off, they cover it up again. Even water is strewn over with rushes, lest any one treading on it should be defiled. All this seems to arise from cleanliness ; but there…
- wizard in The Aborigines of New South Wales#3671at his spirit went from him on some errand or other, but he also know^ that it has letumed, and so he does not trouble himself much about that. Even when he is- dying and his spirit has gone, if a friendly wizard is nea…
- wizard in The Aborigines of New South Wales#3670ely arrived ; and, giving magical power- toi the blow, thrust her through and through with his spear. Thus the young- man was safe. Qwestion : Who was this old woman ? Do you give it up ? Well, then, it was a porcupine.…
- wizard in The Aborigines of New South Wales#3669risoner had gone. She hastily repaired her damaged canoe, and crossed, but only to find the young man surrounded by his friends, ready to defend him with their spears. She boldly advanced, heeding not the spears thrown…
- wizard in Nevermore#2680dscape, the far-stretching champaign of the park--one of the largest in the county, the winding river, the blue hills, the distant sea. 'What a madman the boy is,' he groaned out, to leave all this for a few hot words--…
- wizard in The Aborigines of New South Wales#1821and over- taken, and brought back, and the sick man lives again. But an evil wizard, even when the man is well, may come during the night, and }sy his arts take out his kidney fat. Then the man is sure to die aeon. Thes…
- wizard in The Aborigines of New South Wales#1820as when he is in a faint or in a sleep. After sleep he remembers that his * geist ' left him during the night, and went forl^ on its own business or pleasure. After a faint he knows that his spirit went from him on some…
- wizard in The Aborigines of New South Wales#1819art ceases to exist after death, but the other lives on. But, even in his lifetime, the ' anima ' or * geist * may leave his body for a while, and then come back again, as when he is in a faint or in a sleep. After slee…
- wizard in The Aborigines of New South Wales#1816was safe. Qwestion : Who was this old woman ? Do you give it up ? Well, then, it was a porcupine.*^ Now, although there is not much ingenuity in this riddle, yet it reveals two things — the existence of cannibalism, and…
- wizard in Among Cannibals#3960lso believe that they themselves can produce rain, particularly with the help of their wizards. To produce rain they call milka. When on our expeditions we were overtaken by violent tropical storms my blacks always beca…
- wizard in Among cannibals#1799CHAPTER XXn Unpleasantnesses at Herbert Vale — New expeditions — Hunting human flesh — Cannibalism — Human flesh is the greatest delicacy of the Australian blacks — Superstitions in connection with the eating of human f…
- wizard in Among cannibals#1798se their proper names in addressing or speaking of each other, but simply their class- names. The wizard is, as a rule, a man far advanced in years, but I knew a youth of only twenty who enjoyed a great reputation for h…
- wizard in Among cannibals#1796is feared. Of the spirits of those long since departed there is no dread. Upon the whole, it may be said that these children of nature are unable to conceive a human soul independent of the body, . and the future life o…
- wizard in Among cannibals#1795ants of food lying near the camp, and to warm itself by their night fires.^ A similar belief has been observed among the blacks of Lower Guinea. On my travels I, too, found a widespread fear of the spirits of the dead,…
- wizard in The Australian Race, volume 1#1898be always a violence. He cannot imagine that a man who was well two weeks ago should now be lying at death's door with disease, unless some potent wizard had interfered, and by witchcraft broken the thread of life and i…
- wizard in The Australian Race, volume 1#1897a's (chief's) son." De Chaillu, in his Expeditions and Advenn tures in Equatorial Africa, constantly mentions the slaughter of persons who were supposed to have caused the death of others by means of sorcery; see, for i…
- wizard in The Australian Race, volume 1#1896of sorcery; see, for instance, pages 396 and 397. The same writer, at page 338, says: — "The great curse of the whole country is the belief in aniemba, sorcery or witchcraft. The African firmly believes death to be alwa…
- wizard in The Australian Race, volume 1#1895ks is the belief that several things of importance can be effected by means of charms and incantations. The tribes differ somewhat in details and ceremonies, but there is no doubt that the system is the same throughout.…
- wizard in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1672Birunna. Wind, north-west — Durga ; Dtal- lajar. Wind, south — Wiriti. Wind, south-east — Wirrit ; D- yedik. Wind, south-west — Karring. Wind, east — Nandat; Nangalar. Wind, west — Durga. Wind, sea-breeze — Gulamwin. Wi…
- wizard in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1667. Wing — Kanba. Wing, outer pinion of — Jili. Wink, to — Butak-butak. Winter — Maggoro. Witchcraft — Boyl-ya. Withered, dried up ; applied to wood or animals when dead — Mandju. Withered ; applied to leaves — Derer. Wit…
- wizard in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia#1666st distance which has yet been reached in that direction. Boyer, s. — A. name given to certain stones of a smooth ovate shape, which are found in several places, and are traditionally said to have fallen from the sky. B…
- wizard in Kamilaroi and Kurnai#1608open daylight, but at night. It might not happen for years. " The best man in war would be recognized by them as principal adviser, and would have authority by consent of the elders. I have known the office to be heredi…
- wizard in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1629ye. Wind, sou' -west — Gurra maiye (shiver- ing wind) . Wind, east— Thqlka maiye, Porlgumaiye. Wind, west — Loulka maiye, Lurmi. Wind, hot— Kulganiie. Windpipe — Kalde . Wind roaring — Krungkun ; Krimgullun or KrungiHn…
- wizard in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1626Krimgullun or KrungiHn [i)i-es. par.] Wing — Tyele, Tyerle. Winking — Kalpulun, Kalpundim. Winter — Yort e . Wishing — Ellin, Pruwillin. Wisher, a — Pre^-ilamalde. Witchcraft — Millin, Xgadhimgi. Withered— Meralde. With…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3503Hen. VIII., 1541), up to the 4th September 1863, when a poor old paralyzed Frenchman was ducked as a wizard at Castle Hedingham, Essex, and died in consequence of the treatment he received, our civilized communities hav…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3502find enjoyment also in perusing the histories of witch- craft in England. Our natives have strange beliefs, and are cruel ; but none of their superstitions are so gross, or lead to such brutal murders, as those which ha…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3499s, or lead to such brutal murders, as those which have received the approval of the most eminent persons in England. From the time of Henry the Eighth, when a statute was enacted declaring all witchcraft and sorcery to…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3498. On one occasion, Lageniensis, the author of the work (as quoted in the Athenceum, No. 2236, 3rd September 1870, p. 299), assisted at the performance of some mysterious qutickery practised by a noted Sheogue doctor, ca…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3497at a distance of about two hundred yards in the direction of the spot where he had lost his fat there were placed at short distances apart smouldering pieces of bark, which looked like huge fire-flies on the ground. One…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3496nge gifts : that they can make any black sick if they think fit. A black will bear the most excruciating pain if he knows the cause — as, for instance, if he has been wounded. But if sickness overtakes him — such as occ…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3473Those who are iuclined to amuse themselves with what are generally regarded as the foolish superstitions of the Australian natives may find enjoyment also in perusing the histories of witch- craft in England. Our native…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3469The wizard's assistance was invoked in the case of an old woman who had fallen into a decline.
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3468Malcolm, a wizard — a most learned doctor — who believed he could fly and cut the air as well as any eagle, now commenced his labors. He disappeared in the darkness ; boughs cracked and rustled as he took his supposed f…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3461When a black is ill, or when a black dies, they believe that the sickness or the death is due to eminent powers of witchcraft. In the case of death, they blame some one — and they seek revenge. They say that some men ha…
- wizard in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1755nge gifts : that they can make any black sick if they think fit. A black will bear the most excruciating pain if he knows the cause — as, for instance, if he has been wounded. But if sickness overtakes him — such as occ…
- wizard in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1754by hunger. Superior strength, and the influence which age commands, might have sufiiced for the easy government of the women aud children in this matter ; but the young men must have had a firm belief in the doctrines t…
- wizard in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1748to the 4th September 1863, when a poor old paralyzed Frenchman was ducked as a wizard at Castle
- wizard in The aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#1745people," for his cabin adjoined one of their raths. The wizard's assistance was invoked in the case
- wizard in Queensland, Australia#1773alleged, ill-disposed towards the^i patient, has swallowed a stone or bone, and vomiting it up again, .has spit it out at him, a process which is sure to make him ill, n THE ABORIGINES.. 841 if not to kill him. The wiza…
This collection contains 64 search-ready records. The complete record set remains discoverable through the paginated public record index.