devil in The Aborigines of New South Wales
their houses to keep away devils ; and so with many other examples in Aryan lands. "I said to King Sewa at Talaber, on the Niger,' so writes Mr. W. Winwood Eeade, * if I die may my blood be on your head.' ' Ah, take care ; take care,' said he, ' you have had evil thoughts against me, and that is wh…
- Record ID
- 1,814
- Year
- 1,892
- Source
- Internet Archive
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- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 1814
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- The Aborigines of New South Wales; John Fraser
- Published
- 1892
- Narrative type
- Retellings and Adaptations
- Public-text label
- devil
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- New South Wales (NSW): B
- State or territory
- NSW
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their houses to keep away devils ; and so with many other examples in Aryan lands. "I said to King Sewa at Talaber, on the Niger,' so writes Mr. W. Winwood Eeade, * if I die may my blood be on your head.' ' Ah, take care ; take care,' said he, ' you have had evil thoughts against me, and that is why you are ill. Do you see that fetich behind you ? That is a spirit who protects me from your evil designs.' I looked round, and saw in a corner by the bed, some long sticks, which, oddly enough, I had never noticed before. They were daubed all over with some clammy white stuff", and Sewa, it seems, had ordered this fetich to be put into.
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