RECORD ID

1920

FIGURE

Spirit Ancestor

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit ancestor

PUBLICATION

The Northern Tribes of Central Australia; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen

AUTHOR

Not specified

change amongst the tribes in regard to organisation and beliefs, and at the same time to demonstrate a fundamental agreement in regard to certain important matters. Perhaps the most interesting result of our work is the demonstration of the fact that, in the whole of this wide area, the belief that every living member of the tribe is the reincarnation of a spirit ancestor is universal. This belief is just as firmly held by the Ura- bunna people, who count descent in the female line, as it is by the Arunta and Warramunga, who count descent in the male line. We have also been able to extend widely the area over which the belief is.

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1. 01spirit ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia1904 · Internet Archive
2. 02spirit ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia1904 · Internet Archive
3. 03spirit ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia1904 · Internet Archive
4. 04Boylya in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
5. 05Boylya in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
6. 06spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive