evil spirit in Customs and Traditions of the Aboriginal Natives of North Western Australia
with his hands. When he considers this massage has been sufficient he puts his mouth over the affected part and proceeds to draw out the evil spirit, calling it a "Warloo." After all the evil spirits have been drawn out he runs some little distance with them in his hand and carefully buries them; t…
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- 4,173
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- 1,901
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- Internet Sacred Text Archive
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- Record ID
- 4173
- Source
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
- Publication
- The Customs and Traditions of the Aboriginal Natives of North Western Australia; John G. Withnell
- Published
- 1901
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- evil spirit
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- North Western Australia (WA): B
- State or territory
- WA
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with his hands. When he considers this massage has been sufficient he puts his mouth over the affected part and proceeds to draw out the evil spirit, calling it a "Warloo." After all the evil spirits have been drawn out he runs some little distance with them in his hand and carefully buries them; then be returns, puts his hand to his side, draws out a good spirit, and inserts it into the patient. The physician makes a clicking noise presumably with his finger nails--which the natives of course believe is the spirit being drawn out. When they have rheumatism, neuralgia, or headache they bind the affected part with runners or.
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