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evil spirit in The Aborigines of Tasmania

YEAR
1890
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Tasmania
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evil spirit in The Aborigines of Tasmania

ves England). He tried to convince them that England was not the home of the departed, but did not argue them out of their belief. This simple reply shows that they quite believed in a life . . . after the destruction of the body at the funeral pile. Robinson adds that they were fatalists, and also…

Record ID
2,044
Year
1,890
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
2044
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Aborigines of Tasmania; H. Ling Roth, J. G. Garson, and contributors
Published
1890
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
evil spirit
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Tasmania (TAS): B
State or territory
TAS
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ves England). He tried to convince them that England was not the home of the departed, but did not argue them out of their belief. This simple reply shows that they quite believed in a life . . . after the destruction of the body at the funeral pile. Robinson adds that they were fatalists, and also that they believed in the existence of both a good and evil spirit. The latter, he says, they called Raegpo wrapper^ to whom they attributed all their afflictions. They used the same word to express thunder and lightning" (Joum. p. 18). Davies (p. 417) thought it hard to believe that the natives have "no idea of a future state, . . ..

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