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ghosts in The Aborigines of New South Wales

YEAR
1892
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New South Wales
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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
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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
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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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