ancestral being in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia
f the rain totem group in the Kaitish tribe — Relationship between a man and his totemic animal or plant in the Kaitish and Unmatjera — Members of totemic groups are responsible for ensuring the supply of the totemic animal or plant — The origin of the totemic ancestors in the Warramunga nation — M…
- Record ID
- 3,370
- Year
- 1,904
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 3370
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- The Northern Tribes of Central Australia; Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen
- Published
- 1904 public-domain Central Australian ethnographic source exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- ancestral being
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Central Australia: B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Text Item
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f the rain totem group in the Kaitish tribe — Relationship between a man and his totemic animal or plant in the Kaitish and Unmatjera — Members of totemic groups are responsible for ensuring the supply of the totemic animal or plant — The origin of the totemic ancestors in the Warramunga nation — Members of each totemic group are the direct offspring of one ancestral being — Ancestor changing totem in the Warra- munga tribe — Loss of association between the individual and the Churinga in the northern tribes — Clear division of totemic groups between the two moieties of the tribe in the Warramunga — Members of one moiety taking.
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