ghosts in The Aborigines of New South Wales
or that a leopard has been seen prowling about and that they are afraid. They believe in the transmigration of souls ; some think that after death they become white men ; the soul transmigrates into the bodies of birds and animals, others say. Criminals, however, are debarred from taking a second l…
- Record ID
- 3,667
- Year
- 1,892
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 3667
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- The Aborigines of New South Wales; John Fraser
- Published
- 1892
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- ghosts
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- New South Wales (NSW): B
- State or territory
- NSW
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
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or that a leopard has been seen prowling about and that they are afraid. They believe in the transmigration of souls ; some think that after death they become white men ; the soul transmigrates into the bodies of birds and animals, others say. Criminals, however, are debarred from taking a second lease of life, even in the humblest form ; they fly about as ghosts and torment mankind by their hideous appearance. Most of tbe negroes exercise baptismal rites, and the practice of circumcision seems to be universal in Africa, except at Accra. The initiatory ceremonies in Northern Guinea are of a higher order. The novice is shut up in a.
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