RECORD ID

3930

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

Kamilaroi, and other Australian languages; William Ridley

AUTHOR

Not specified

ation of their souls. Their " tohi" may be condemned to animate a beast. But the good are rewarded by their spirits passing into beings of superior condition. And the Aborigines generally acknowledge the superiority of white men by saying that some of the good Murri, after their decease, arise as white-fellows. Among the Wailwun tribes " Kinirkinlr" are the spirits of the departed, wandering over the face of the earth. " Yo-wl" is a spirit that roams over the earth at night. " Wawi" is a snake or a monster, as large as a gum-tree (30 to 40 feet high), with a small head and a neck like a snake. It lives in a waterhole 30 miles from.

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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