RECORD ID

3925

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages; William Ridley

AUTHOR

Not specified

as large as a common man. In this, it is said, Baiame used to rest himself. He had a large tribe round him, whom he fed at a place called Mldul. Suddenly he vanished from them, and went up to heaven. Still, though unseen, he provides them food, making the grass to grow for them. And they believe he will come back at a future time. There was formerly an evil spirit called " Mullion" (eagle) who lived in a very high tree, at Girra on the Barwan, and used to come down and seize men and devour them. The people often tried to drive away Mullion, by piling wood at the foot of the tree and setting fire to it. But the wood was always.

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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