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…
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- 2,228
- Year
- 1,891
- Source
- Internet Archive
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- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 2228
- Source
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- 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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