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wraiths in A Colonial Tramp

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1891
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wraiths in A Colonial Tramp

ne ; he comes in the lightning, and destroys the trees, and kills the people and eats their children. The owl is his special messenger, tout and spy, so that they abhor this bird of evil omen. Muuruup lives below the ground, in a place all fire, and has a number of evil spirits under his command. T…

Record ID
2,228
Year
1,891
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
2228
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
A Colonial Tramp; Hume Nisbet
Published
1891
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
wraiths
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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ne ; he comes in the lightning, and destroys the trees, and kills the people and eats their children. The owl is his special messenger, tout and spy, so that they abhor this bird of evil omen. Muuruup lives below the ground, in a place all fire, and has a number of evil spirits under his command. The man in the moon is also a devil. They believe strongly in wraiths, ghosts, male and female devils, and witches. When any one dies his ghost haunts the earth, and, although considered harmless, is regarded with great fear. Every native has a wraith, which only appears to him before his death. They have their own superstitious ideas of.

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