RECORD ID

3895

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

The Aborigines of Tasmania; H. Ling Roth, Marion E. Butler, James Backhouse Walker, J. G. Garson, E. B. Tylor

AUTHOR

Not specified

k, leaves, etc. They do not bury them in the ground. I have never been able to ascertain that they put either weapons or food in the tree with the dead." The same author continues (p. 418): " During the whole of the first night, after the death of one of their tribe, they will sit round the body, using rapidly a low continuous recitation to prevent the evil spirit from taking it away. They are extremely jealous of this ceremony being witnessed by strangers ; but I had, upon one occasion, an opportunity of being an ear-witness of it the whole night." Lyne says skulls of natives were often found in the bush, while Cotton also tells.

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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