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Mungan-ngaua in Initiation Ceremonies

YEAR: 1904
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or any one who is not Jeraeil." In the olden times spears were held pointed at the novices at this juncture, to emphasise the threats that were made, should they reveal the mysteries unlawfully. The old Headman then, in an impressive manner, revealed to the novices the ancestral beliefs, which I condense as follows:— Long ago there was a great Being, called Mungan-ngaua, who lived on the earth, and who taught the Kurnai of that time to make implements, nets, canoes, weapons—in fact, all the arts they know. He also gave them the personal names they bear, such as Tulaba. Mungan-ngaua had a son named Tundun, who was married, and who.

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Mungan-ngaua in Initiation Ceremonies

or any one who is not Jeraeil." In the olden times spears were held pointed at the novices at this juncture, to emphasise the threats that were made, should they reveal the mysteries unlawfully. The old Headman then, in an impressive manner, revealed to the novices the ancestral beliefs, which I co…

Record ID: 1,322
Year: 1,904
Source: Wikisource
Index status: Archive detail (not indexed)

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Record ID: 1322
Source: Wikisource
Publication: Native Tribes of South-East Australia; A. W. Howitt
Published: 1904
Narrative type: Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label: Mungan-ngaua
Archive period: Federation Era
Location: South-Eastern Australia: B
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Publicness: Public Domain Public Web

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or any one who is not Jeraeil." In the olden times spears were held pointed at the novices at this juncture, to emphasise the threats that were made, should they reveal the mysteries unlawfully. The old Headman then, in an impressive manner, revealed to the novices the ancestral beliefs, which I condense as follows:— Long ago there was a great Being, called Mungan-ngaua, who lived on the earth, and who taught the Kurnai of that time to make implements, nets, canoes, weapons—in fact, all the arts they know. He also gave them the personal names they bear, such as Tulaba. Mungan-ngaua had a son named Tundun, who was married, and who.

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