Kurnai in Kamilaroi and Kurnai
learned. I can only say that their qualities, so far as I can ascertain, are negative. They are not so bad as Brewin. They are not very powerful, and arc, consequently, not much feared. The teachings of the missionaries have, to a certain extent I suspect, connected the idea of the Deity with Brdlu…
- Record ID
- 1,600
- Year
- 1,880
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 1600
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- Kamilaroi and Kurnai; Lorimer Fison and A. W. Howitt
- Published
- 1880
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- Kurnai
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- New South Wales and Victoria (NSW): B
- State or territory
- NSW
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
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learned. I can only say that their qualities, so far as I can ascertain, are negative. They are not so bad as Brewin. They are not very powerful, and arc, consequently, not much feared. The teachings of the missionaries have, to a certain extent I suspect, connected the idea of the Deity with Brdlumdut and Baukan. But in the minds of the Kurnai, these three spirits — Brewin, THE SPIRITS. - 255 Bullumdut, and Baukan — are, at the most, but dim and indistinct figures.* Being desirous of learning what Brewin, Bullumdut, and Baukan were sujiposed by the Kiirnai to be, I questioned two of the most intelligent men. Both were Tatungolung.
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