RECORD ID

2453

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirits

PUBLICATION

Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies; K. Langloh Parker

AUTHOR

Not specified

e cry sounded high in the air through the tops of trees, then low on the ground through the grasses, until it seemed as if the spirits were everywhere. The women clutched tighter their fire sticks, and said: "Let us go back. The Wondah are about," And swiftly they sped towards their camp, hearing ever in the air the "Oom, oom, oom" of the spirits. They told Byamee that all the tribes had lost their dayoorls, and that the spirits were about, and even as they spoke came the sound of "Oom, oom, oom, oom," at the back of their own camp. The women crouched together, but Byamee flashed a fire stick whence came the sound, and as the.

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1. 01spirits in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
2. 02spirits in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
3. 03spirits in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
4. 04spirits in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
5. 05spirits in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
6. 06spirits in Queensland, Australia1861 · Internet Archive