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
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- 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
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Text Item
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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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