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spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages

YEAR
1875
PLACE
Queensland
SOURCE
Internet Archive
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spirit in Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages

and is now in the sky. Pundyil seeing the earth overrun with serpents, sent his good daughter Karakarok with a long staff to destroy these tormentors of men. Karakarok killed many ; but this good work was stopped by the breaking of her staff. As the staff snapped in two, fire came from it, the firs…

Record ID
3,927
Year
1,875
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
3927
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages; William Ridley
Published
1875
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
spirit
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
New South Wales and Queensland (QLD): B
State or territory
QLD
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and is now in the sky. Pundyil seeing the earth overrun with serpents, sent his good daughter Karakarok with a long staff to destroy these tormentors of men. Karakarok killed many ; but this good work was stopped by the breaking of her staff. As the staff snapped in two, fire came from it, the first fire ever given to man. Presently, however, Wang, an evil spirit in the form of a crow, flew away with the fire ; but the good Karakarok restored it. Mr. Beveridge, in the evidence he gave before the Select Committee of the Legis- lative Council of Victoria, in 1858, said of the Aborigines " They believe in one all- presiding good.

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