RECORD ID

3110

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

Across Australia, volume 2; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen

AUTHOR

Not specified

One day a brother of the dead man came to the Ungunja, that is, the men's camp, bringing with him a girdle made from hair which had been cut from the dead man. This special form of girdle is called " Kirra urkna." " Kirra " is flesh and " urkna " is a word applied to the sap which comes from a tree when it is cut, or to the juice which exudes from meat. The spirit of the dead man is supposed to be especially associated with the girdle, which possesses magic power that can pass from it to its wearer or, indeed, to any one whom it touches. The man who carried the girdle went round to all those in camp, who one after the other rubbed.

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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