RECORD ID

3118

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

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

AUTHOR

Not specified

ng his enemy on sight, and, though a man is not at all averse to having the reputation of being strong in magic, still there is always a certain amount of risk attached to it, because the illness, or death, of every indi- vidual is attributed to the evil magic of some one else, who in the end may pay for his reputation with his life. In the Arunta tribe the spirits are supposed to use a special form of pointing-stick called Ullinka, which is merely a little twig of wood about four inches long with a small crook at one end. The spirit, who has of course the great advantage of being invisible, inserts the stick 35o ACROSS AUSTRALIA.

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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