RECORD ID

1881

FIGURE

Ghost

NARRATIVE

Ghost and Apparition Accounts

PRINTED LABEL

ghosts

PUBLICATION

The Australian Race, volume 1; Edward Micklethwaite Curr

AUTHOR

Not specified

rnt, and the few bones which remain buried. The object sought in tying up the remains of the dead is to prevent the deceased from escaping from the tomb, and firightening or injuring the survivors. The more nearly related and the more influential in life, the more the deceased is feared. Though I have frequently conversed with the Blacks about their fear of ghosts, I never was able to reaUze their ideas on the subject. They admitted the decay of the body; that if the grave were opened the bones would be found there, but that the flesh would have disappeared, and affirmed that, notwithstanding, the deceased sometimes appeared in.

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1. 01ghosts in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
2. 02ghosts in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
3. 03ghosts in Queensland, Australia1861 · Internet Archive
4. 04ghosts in Queensland, Australia1861 · Internet Archive
5. 05ghosts in Old Tales of a Young Country1871 · Project Gutenberg Australia
6. 06ghosts in For the Term of His Natural Life1874 · Project Gutenberg