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spirit ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia

YEAR
1904
PLACE
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SOURCE
Internet Archive
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spirit ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia

ose spirit ancestor inhabited a special water-hole close by the side of Thapauerlu, where the Wollunqua itself lives. In the Arunta tribe the spirit individual is spoken of as an iruntaHnia^ and in addition to the latter a second spirit issues from the Nanja, whom the natives call arumburinga. The…

Record ID
1,932
Year
1,904
Source
Internet Archive
Index status
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Record ID
1932
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
spirit ancestor
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Central Australia, NT/SA: B
Source voice
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ose spirit ancestor inhabited a special water-hole close by the side of Thapauerlu, where the Wollunqua itself lives. In the Arunta tribe the spirit individual is spoken of as an iruntaHnia^ and in addition to the latter a second spirit issues from the Nanja, whom the natives call arumburinga. The latter is really a kind of double of the first one. When the spirit undergoes reincarnation the arum- buringa remains behind, and is supposed, in a general kind of way, to keep watch over the reincarnated individual. The same belief is met with amongst the Kaitish and Unmatjera tribes. The former call this second spirit atthamarinia^ and.

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