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Wirreenun in The Medicine Men

YEAR
1905
PLACE
New South Wales
SOURCE
Wikisource
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Wirreenun in The Medicine Men

There are members of the tribes, principally wizards, or men intended to be such, who are given an individual totem called Yunbeai. This they must never eat or they will die. Any injury to his yunbeai hurts the man ​himself In danger he has the power to assume the shape of his yunbeai, which of cou…

Record ID
1,363
Year
1,905
Source
Wikisource
Index status
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Record context

Record ID
1363
Source
Wikisource
Publication
The Euahlayi Tribe; K. Langloh Parker
Published
1905
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
Wirreenun
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
North-western New South Wales (NSW): B
State or territory
NSW
Source voice
Source Grounded Section Record
Publicness
Public Domain Public Web

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There are members of the tribes, principally wizards, or men intended to be such, who are given an individual totem called Yunbeai. This they must never eat or they will die. Any injury to his yunbeai hurts the man ​himself In danger he has the power to assume the shape of his yunbeai, which of course is a great assistance to him, especially in legendary lore; but, on the other hand, a yunbeai is almost a Heel of Achilles to a wirreenun (see the chapter on Medicine and Magic).

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