spirit in The Aborigines of New South Wales
, after a man's death, his spirit ^ ^* ' wanders about, revisits the grave, interviews the spirits of its. living friends in dreams, eats up the remains of food left lying about, and warms itself at the night fires. Thus, when Buckley was seen sitting on a grave, feeble from want of food, and with…
- Record ID
- 3,653
- Year
- 1,892
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 3653
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- The Aborigines of New South Wales; John Fraser
- Published
- 1892
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- spirit
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- New South Wales (NSW): B
- State or territory
- NSW
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- Source Grounded Section Record
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, after a man's death, his spirit ^ ^* ' wanders about, revisits the grave, interviews the spirits of its. living friends in dreams, eats up the remains of food left lying about, and warms itself at the night fires. Thus, when Buckley was seen sitting on a grave, feeble from want of food, and with a broken spear in his hand, he was naturally regarded as the spirit of the deceased black man come back to ' visit his body, and was welcomed by the tribule as one oi themselves. Something analogous to all this is found among the blacks of Lower Guinea.. When a man dies there, they ascribe his decease to the enchantments of aa enemy. At.
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