RECORD ID

3074

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

Notes on the Aborigines of New South Wales; R. H. Mathews

AUTHOR

Not specified

e was one of themselves who liad come to life again. A similar l)elief was discovered at Port Lincoln, South Australia, in 1846, by Mr. Schiirmann, who says, " they certainly ))elieve in tlie i)re-existence of the souls of l)lack men."|| It is stated in the Hev. (t. Taplin's work, that among tlie Nimbaldi 1ril)e, alxiut Miumt Freeling in South .\ustralia, a spirit called Muree, whicli may lie either a male or a female, meets a lilack woman, and throws a small waddy, wtclchv, under her thuml) nail, or uiidc-r tlie great toe nail, and so enters the woman's ]:)odv. In ibie time slie gives birth to a child. § * " Alioritfiiios of.

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1. 01spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
2. 02spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
3. 03spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
4. 04spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
5. 05spirit 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. 06spirit 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