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fairy in The Aborigines of Tasmania

amoi . Scales (of fish) Mununa... Nose Nangemuna Barren (woman) Munwaddia Feathers Nang-inia Elf or fairy (fond of Mura Heavy children, and dances Murah, murak ... Shag, black cormo- in the hills, after the rant {Phalacrocorax fashion of Scotch corboides), or [leucog- fairies) fls/^r) white-breaste…

Record ID
1,723
Year
1,899
Source
Internet Archive
Index status
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Record ID
1723
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Aborigines of Tasmania; H. Ling Roth, Marion E. Butler, James Backhouse Walker, J. G. Garson, E. B. Tylor
Published
1899
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
fairy
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Tasmania (TAS): B
State or territory
TAS
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amoi . Scales (of fish) Mununa... Nose Nangemuna Barren (woman) Munwaddia Feathers Nang-inia Elf or fairy (fond of Mura Heavy children, and dances Murah, murak ... Shag, black cormo- in the hills, after the rant {Phalacrocorax fashion of Scotch corboides), or [leucog- fairies) fls/^r) white-breasted Nangoinulia Whiz (like a ball. cormorant etc) Murambukania Witch or female Nangumora . Far lowana goblin, said to be Nanguna Opossum, ringtail- clothed with grass ed {Phalangista or fibrous bark Cookii) TASMANIAN-ENGLISH VOCABULARY. Ixvii Nanim-pena Nanwun .. Naoutag burak Napanrena XN ai a • • • • ■ • Narabaro, naralu- awa narawa,.

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