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ghost in Burial and Mourning

YEAR
1899
PLACE
Northern Territory
SOURCE
Internet Sacred Text Archive
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ghost in Burial and Mourning

It is generally supposed that amongst Australian natives the name of a dead man is never mentioned. This is not however strictly true as regards the Arunta tribe. There are various degrees of silence to be observed by different persons and these are dependent upon the mutual relationship which exis…

Record ID
1,288
Year
1,899
Source
Internet Sacred Text Archive
Index status
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Record ID
1288
Source
Internet Sacred Text Archive
Publication
Native Tribes of Central Australia; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen
Published
1899
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
ghost
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Central Australia, NT (NT): B
State or territory
NT
Source voice
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Publicness
Public Domain Public Web

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It is generally supposed that amongst Australian natives the name of a dead man is never mentioned. This is not however strictly true as regards the Arunta tribe. There are various degrees of silence to be observed by different persons and these are dependent upon the mutual relationship which existed between the dead and living individual. During the period of mourning which follows immediately upon the death of a man and occupies a period of from twelve to eighteen months, no person must mention the name of the deceased except it be absolutely necessary to do so, and then only in a whisper for fear of disturbing and annoying the.

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