spirits in The Aborigines of Tasmania

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Record ID

3903

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Internet Archive

Publication

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

Published

1899

Narrative type

Spirit-Person Narratives

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spirits

Archive period

Federation Era

Location

Tasmania (TAS): B

State or territory

TAS

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t of animals. Religion. — Belief in Supreme Being doubtful.— Good and bad spirit. — Inferior spirits. — Women's religious chant. — The moon not a deity.— rPoly- theism. — Bones as charms. Immortality of soul. — Name applied to spirits of departed friends. — England the aboriginal Hades. — Fatalism. — Good and bad spirits.— Future state.— Fear of darkness. — Devil believed to be white. — Creation.— Future state. — Absence of idols. — Prophetic communica- tions. — Vagueness of ideas. — Jump up white men.— No word for Creator. — Apparent incantation.— Future existence. — Sacred stones. A sermon. Government. — No elecfled or.

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