spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia
een snake went down close by, and the brown one in another spot. Three springs arose to mark the place where they finally disappeared. It is the mai-aurli or spirit children left behind by animal or semi-human ancestors such as these snakes, who are now continually undergoing reincarnation. In cert…
- Record ID
- 1,928
- Year
- 1,904
- Source
- Internet Archive
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Record context
- Record ID
- 1928
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- The Northern Tribes of Central Australia; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen
- Published
- 1904
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- spirits
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Central Australia, NT/SA: B
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een snake went down close by, and the brown one in another spot. Three springs arose to mark the place where they finally disappeared. It is the mai-aurli or spirit children left behind by animal or semi-human ancestors such as these snakes, who are now continually undergoing reincarnation. In certain cases one particular spot is supposed to be inhabited by spirits of one special totem, but in other cases those of two or more totems may inhabit the same place.^ Thus, close by our camp, there was a large group of granite boulders which arose in the Alcheringa to mark the place where the ancestors of the pigeon group danced and.
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