RECORD ID

3654

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Retellings and Adaptations

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

The Aborigines of New South Wales; John Fraser

AUTHOR

Not specified

logous 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 the grave they ask the corpse to tell who it was that took away his life by sorcery ; why he departed ; was it because he was dissatisfied ; and so on. They believe that souls pass into other bodies, but that the spirit of the deceased still lives in another state, and there lore they inter with him most of his own effects, and valuable presents from his friends. They believe also that the wizards, by their incantations, can raise the dead man to life, and make him hunt and fish and.

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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