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spirits in More Australian Legendary Tales

YEAR
1898
PLACE
New South Wales
SOURCE
Internet Archive
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spirits in More Australian Legendary Tales

o the astonishment of every- thing on it. They had only been used to the semi-darkn6ss, and were dazzled by such brightness. A good spirit who lived in the sky saw how bright and beautiful the earth looked when lit up by this blaze. He thought it would be a good thing to make a fire every day, whic…

Record ID
3,084
Year
1,898
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
3084
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
More Australian Legendary Tales; K. Langloh Parker
Published
1898 public-domain folklore collection exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
spirits
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
New South Wales (NSW): B
State or territory
NSW
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o the astonishment of every- thing on it. They had only been used to the semi-darkn6ss, and were dazzled by such brightness. A good spirit who lived in the sky saw how bright and beautiful the earth looked when lit up by this blaze. He thought it would be a good thing to make a fire every day, which from that time he has done. All night he and his attendant spirits collect wood, and heap it up. When the heap is nearly big enough they send out the morning star to warn those on earth that the fire will soon be lit. How the Sun was Made 29 They, however, found this warning was not sufficient, for those who slept saw it not. Then they.

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