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supernatural in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1

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1878
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Victoria
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supernatural in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1

Thrclkeld mentions a bone — Mur-ra-kun — which is obtained by the Ka-ra-kul, a doctor or conjuror. Three of the doctors sleep on the grave of a recently-interred corpse, and in the night, when the doctors are asleep, the dead person inserts .a mysterious bone into each thigh of the three doctors, w…

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3,417
Year
1,878
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Internet Archive
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Record ID
3417
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1; R. Brough Smyth
Published
1878 public-domain Victorian and Tasmanian ethnographic source exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
supernatural
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Victoria and Tasmania (VIC): B
State or territory
VIC
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Thrclkeld mentions a bone — Mur-ra-kun — which is obtained by the Ka-ra-kul, a doctor or conjuror. Three of the doctors sleep on the grave of a recently-interred corpse, and in the night, when the doctors are asleep, the dead person inserts .a mysterious bone into each thigh of the three doctors, who do not feel the puncture more than if an ant had stung them. The bones remain in the flesh of the doctors without causing them any inconvenience. When they wish to kill any person, by means which cannot be known, they use the bone in a supernatural manner. The bone enters the body of the victim, and he dies.

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