RECORD ID

4164

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia; Baldwin Spencer

AUTHOR

Not specified

Grave. Kakauu Tribe. \_Face page 24J. VI BURIAL AND MOURNING CEREMONIES 241 following words, which were supposed to be addressed to the spirit of the dead woman : — 'Tjukororu, lie down ; koyada, don't, ngeinyimma, you, workai, come back ; tjukororu, lie down ; kala, a word meaning all right, just so, etc. ; bialilla, children ; unkore- gora, see ; iwaiyu, spirit ; balera^ later on ; kutjeri, sick. That is, " You lie down quietly, do not come back, lie down all right — if the children see your spirit, later on they will be sick." When the grave was approaching completion, three women, one of whom was the daughter-in-law, Minborku,.

Terminology belongs to the cited public source. Its presence in the archive is not verification of the reported claim.

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