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devil in The Aborigines of Tasmania

YEAR
1899
PLACE
Tasmania
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devil in The Aborigines of Tasmania

n died. The men formed a pile of logs, and at sunset placed the body of the woman upon it, supported by small wood, which concealed her, and formed a pyramid. They then placed their sick people around the pile, at a short distance. On A. Cottrell, our informant, inquiring the reason of this, they t…

Record ID
3,909
Year
1,899
Source
Internet Archive
Index status
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Record ID
3909
Source
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
Public-text label
devil
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Tasmania (TAS): B
State or territory
TAS
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n died. The men formed a pile of logs, and at sunset placed the body of the woman upon it, supported by small wood, which concealed her, and formed a pyramid. They then placed their sick people around the pile, at a short distance. On A. Cottrell, our informant, inquiring the reason of this, they told him the dead woman would come in the night and take the 'devil' out of them. At daybreak the pile was set on fire, and fresh wood added as any part of the body became exposed, till the whole was consumed. The ashes of the dead were collecfted in a kangaroo skin, and every morning, before sunrise, till they were consumed, a portion of.

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