RECORD ID

4165

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia; Baldwin Spencer

AUTHOR

Not specified

rit 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, went into the scrub and gathered armfuls of grass stalks and leafy twigs and, returning, placed them by the grave. When the trench was.

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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