RECORD ID

3648

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

The Aborigines of New South Wales; John Fraser

AUTHOR

Not specified

r with red and white spots and put pipeclay on their heads. In Fiji also, the man who has dug the grave of a chief is unclean for a year. In South Australia, the" corpse is rubbed over with red ochre ; and the same is done on the coast of New Ouinea. In the red colour there must be some virtue which is of service to the dead in their subsequent existence as spirits, and probably in their first passage into spirit land, like the Grecian 'obelus' placed between the teeth of the dead man. ^ . 2 The rites of burial are varied to suit the mode which the tribe practises, but there are some accompaniments of burial which are invariable..

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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