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Byamee in Spirit Stories

YEAR
1905
PLACE
New South Wales
SOURCE
Wikisource
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Byamee in Spirit Stories

And Byamee was so pleased with her for always having food for the hungry that, when at length she died, he allowed her to revisit her old gahreemai, or camp, her spirit returning in the form of the little honey-eater bird, Durrooee; and all women after her had a like privilege if they had done thei…

Record ID
1,449
Year
1,905
Source
Wikisource
Index status
Archive detail (not indexed)

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Record context

Record ID
1449
Source
Wikisource
Publication
The Euahlayi Tribe; K. Langloh Parker
Published
1905
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
Byamee
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

Source-grounded excerpt

And Byamee was so pleased with her for always having food for the hungry that, when at length she died, he allowed her to revisit her old gahreemai, or camp, her spirit returning in the form of the little honey-eater bird, Durrooee; and all women after her had a like privilege if they had done their duty in life. These birds are sacred; no one must harm them, nor even imitate their cry. It would be hard to hurt them, for the spirit in them is so strong. If any one even takes up a stick or stone to throw at them, hardly is it raised from the ground when the would-be assailant is forcibly knocked over, though he sees nothing but the.

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