RECORD ID

3597

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

Eaglehawk and Crow; John Mathew

AUTHOR

Not specified

he or she bears of necessity the * "Native Tribes of South Australia," p. 64. t "Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria," 1S97, pp. 24, 25. X Ibid. pp. 153, 154. 112 EAGLEHAWK AND CROW name of the animal, or plant, of which the Alcheringa ancestor was a transformatiou or descendant." We may reasonably conclude that the general name of these totems or spirits, ' ngaitye,' ' aitu,' and ' nanja ' * (New Hebridean * ata,' 'nata,' ^j*'7-.so», sou/, spirit) are radically the same and constitute a bond of relation between the Australian and Pacific Islands superstitions. * ' Nanja ' is strictly the haunt of the totem or spirit..

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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