RECORD ID

3295

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

The Northern Tribes of Central Australia; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen

AUTHOR

Not specified

carrying of Churinga with which their spirit parts were associated. These old semi -human ancestors wandered about all over the country now occupied by the Urabunna tribe, per- forming sacred ceremonies, and, when they did this, they deposited in the ground, or in some natural feature such as a rock or a water-pool, which arose to mark the spot, a number of spirit individuals called mai-aurli. After a time some of these became changed into men and women, who formed the first series of totem groups. Thus some of the mai-aurli left behind by the carpet snake ancestor changed into carpet snake men and women, some of those left behind.

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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