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devil in Australian Aborigines: the languages and customs of several tribes of aborigines in the western district of Victoria, Australia

YEAR
1881
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Victoria
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Internet Archive
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devil in Australian Aborigines: the languages and customs of several tribes of aborigines in the western district of Victoria, Australia

s. A spirit lives in the moon, called Muuruup neung kuurn tarrong’enat, meaning ‘devil in the moon.’ Children are sometimes threatened, when they are bad, that this Muuruup will be sent for to take them to the moon. Of terrestrial spirits there are devils, wraiths, ghosts, and witches, the differen…

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1,649
Year
1,881
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
1649
Source
Internet Archive
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Australian Aborigines: the languages and customs of several tribes of aborigines in the western district of Victoria, Australia; James Dawson
Published
1881
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
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devil
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Western District, VIC (VIC): B
State or territory
VIC
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s. A spirit lives in the moon, called Muuruup neung kuurn tarrong’enat, meaning ‘devil in the moon.’ Children are sometimes threatened, when they are bad, that this Muuruup will be sent for to take them to the moon. Of terrestrial spirits there are devils, wraiths, ghosts, and witches, the differences between them being somewhat indefinite. There are female devils, known by the general term Gnulla gnulla gneear. Buurt kuuruuk is the name of one who takes the form of a black woman ‘as tall as a gum tree. She has for a companion the dark-coloured bandicoot. If this animal be killed and eaten by a native, he is punished by.

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