RECORD ID

3557

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines; Christina Smith

AUTHOR

Not specified

akes with a feeling of extreme lassitude, which continues to increase day by day until death ensues. For burial the body is doubled up into the smallest possible compass, and secured by suitable bindings. Soon after dark the male friends of the deceased seat themselves in a half -circle about the body ; and after some hours of silent watching the " bo-ong" (spirit) of the one who caused his death will appear in a human form hovering over the body, and then suddenly vanish. It is recognised. Next morning a shallow grave is scooped out in a soft place, a little grass or dry leaves is burnt in it to warm it ; the body is put in in a.

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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