medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia
ssion is hereditary in the Yuntanara or falling-star totem — Medicine men or women can only “ give a bone,” and cannot withdraw evil magic. In all the tribes, with one exception, there are certain indi- viduals to whom the name of medicine men may be given. They are supposed in every case to have h…
- Record ID
- 1,935
- Year
- 1,904
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 1935
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- The Northern Tribes of Central Australia; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen
- Published
- 1904
- Narrative type
- Descriptive Belief Records
- Public-text label
- medicine man
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Central Australia, NT/SA: B
- Source voice
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- Publicness
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ssion is hereditary in the Yuntanara or falling-star totem — Medicine men or women can only “ give a bone,” and cannot withdraw evil magic. In all the tribes, with one exception, there are certain indi- viduals to whom the name of medicine men may be given. They are supposed in every case to have had stones or other objects placed in their bodies by certain spirit individuals, and by virtue of them they can counteract, to a greater or less extent, the evil magic to which any bodily pain is always attributed. With the one exception of the Anula tribe, on the Gulf coast, the function of the medicine man is to withdraw, and not to.
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