spirit individual in Sacred Objects and Ceremonies — AusFigures public-text record

PUBLIC-TEXT RECORD / ARCHIVE

spirit individual in Sacred Objects and Ceremonies

YEAR
1899
PLACE
Northern Territory
SOURCE
Internet Sacred Text Archive
AUSFIGURESPUBLIC-TEXT ARCHIVEARCHIVE INDEX
PUBLIC-TEXT RECORD

spirit individual in Sacred Objects and Ceremonies

The exact significance of this can only be a matter of conjecture, p. 630 for the natives have not, so far as we can find out, any idea with regard to its origin or meaning. The decoration evidently points to the fact that it has some relation to a human being, and possibly we may have in the Kauau…

Record ID
1,344
Year
1,899
Source
Internet Sacred Text Archive
Index status
Archive detail (not indexed)

This reviewed public record supports the curated archive pages but intentionally remains outside the search sitemap.

Record context

Record ID
1344
Source
Internet Sacred Text Archive
Publication
Native Tribes of Central Australia; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen
Published
1899
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
spirit individual
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Central Australia, NT (NT): B
State or territory
NT
Source voice
Source Grounded Section Record
Publicness
Public Domain Public Web

Source-grounded excerpt

The exact significance of this can only be a matter of conjecture, p. 630 for the natives have not, so far as we can find out, any idea with regard to its origin or meaning. The decoration evidently points to the fact that it has some relation to a human being, and possibly we may have in the Kauaua the expression of the idea of the association of a spirit individual with a tree. We find, it must be remembered, amongst the Arunta tribe that trees are intimately associated with particular celebrated individuals of the Alcheringa whose spirits especially frequent those which are their Nanja trees, and, whilst there is no such thing.

The excerpt is presented as public-source context. Terminology belongs to the cited source and may be historical, contested, culturally specific, or outdated.

Browse this record

Narrative type: Spirit-Person NarrativesEncyclopedia profile: Spirit IndividualSource: Internet Sacred Text ArchiveOpen original public source

Related public records

  1. spirit individual in Totemic Ceremonies#12741899 / Internet Sacred Text Archive / NT / Spirit-Person NarrativesIn the Arunta and Ilpirra tribes when a boy's nose has been bored, that is as soon as the operation has been completed, he strips a piece of bark off a gum tree, if possible, and throws it as far as he can in the direct…
  2. spirit individual in Sacred Objects and Ceremonies#12901899 / Internet Sacred Text Archive / NT / Spirit-Person NarrativesThe exact significance of this can only be a matter of conjecture, p. 630 for the natives have not, so far as we can find out, any idea with regard to its origin or meaning. The decoration evidently points to the fact t…
  3. spirit individual in Totemic Ceremonies#13311899 / Internet Sacred Text Archive / NT / Spirit-Person Narrativeshe ceremony as performed in the different tribes. p. 459 CEREMONY OF NOSE BORING In the Arunta and Ilpirra tribes when a boy's nose has been bored, that is as soon as the operation has been completed, he strips a piece…
  4. spirit individual in Sacred Objects and Ceremonies#13471899 / Internet Sacred Text Archive / NT / Spirit-Person Narrativestotems. The exact significance of this can only be a matter of conjecture, p. 630 for the natives have not, so far as we can find out, any idea with regard to its origin or meaning. The decoration evidently points to th…
  5. Boylya in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#20871842 / Internet Archive / WA / Spirit-Person Narrativesperson thus endowed can transport himself through the air at pleasure, being invisible to every one but his fellow- Boylyagadak. If he have a dislike to another native, he is supposed to be able to kill him, by stealing…
  6. Boylya in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia#20881842 / Internet Archive / WA / Spirit-Person Narrativesteeth on edge. KiLLAL, subst, — Formica maxima ; lion-ant. K'lLLiN, subst, — The pudenda. KiLUNG, subst, — (K.G.S.) The fresh-water tortoise. K-NUDE, subst, — A species of casuarina. KobbXlXk, subst Pregnancy. KobbXlo,…
AboutSourceIndexMap