evil spirit in Notes on the Aborigines of New South Wales
in password, he was let go, but if not he (or she) would be devoured. The belief was that when the " Devil Devil " met a black, the latter would be accosted as follows, in the native tongue — " Name your mother" ; if the answer were immediately given, " Boonbolong," the native was to liberty to dep…
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- 1,892
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- Internet Archive
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- Record ID
- 2024
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- Publication
- Notes on the Aborigines of New South Wales; Richard Hill and George Thornton
- Published
- 1892
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- evil spirit
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Newcastle, NSW (NSW): high; Sydney, Botany, and southern districts, NSW (NSW): B
- State or territory
- NSW
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in password, he was let go, but if not he (or she) would be devoured. The belief was that when the " Devil Devil " met a black, the latter would be accosted as follows, in the native tongue — " Name your mother" ; if the answer were immediately given, " Boonbolong," the native was to liberty to depart, but failing to give the password would be devoured. The evil spirit in the Newcastle and Port Stephens districts was called " Koen," and was represented as being an 4 NOTES ON THE ABORIGINES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. animal very much like a camel, but much larger. Their theory was that this " Devil Devil" would devour any blackfellow whom.
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