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- spirit in Byamee and Social Organisation#1358one has but to run out when the clouds are overhead, and, looking at the sky, call aloud 'Gullee boorboor. Gullee boorboor.' 'Water come down. Water come down.' Or should it be raining too much, the last possible child…
- Baiame in Byamee and Social Organisation#1357The Euahlayi Tribe/Chapter 2 - Wikisource, the free online library Jump to content Search Search The Euahlayi Tribe/Chapter 2 Add languages Add links Download From Wikisource < The Euahlayi Tribe ← Chapter 1 The Euahlay…
- Baiame in Byamee and Social Organisation#1356Mr. Howitt forgets that he himself attributes the early system of descent through women, and also the belief in an All Father (Nurelli), to the Wiimbaio tribe, to the Wotjobaluk tribe,to the Kamilaroi, to the Ta-Ta-thi…
- Baiame in Byamee and Social Organisation#1355As for Byamee's relation to ethics, it will be stated in the chapter on the tribal ceremonies, while the stories as to the rewards and punishments of the future life will be given in their place. Baiame's troubles with…
- Wirreenun in Byamee and Social Organisation#1354It is told to me, that at some initiatory rites the oldest medicine man, or Wirreenun, present addresses a prayer to Byamee, asking him to give them long life, as they have kept his law.
- spirit in Byamee and Social Organisation#1353Bootha told me after one rain that she had sent one of her tutelary spirits to tell Boyjerh—Byamee is called by women and children Boyjerh—that the country wanted rain. In answer he had taken up a handful of crystal peb…
- Baiame in Byamee and Social Organisation#1352There has, indeed, been much dispute as to whether the Aborigines of Australia have any idea, or germ of an idea, of a God; anything more than vague beliefs about unattached spirits, mainly mischievous, who might be pro…
- Byamee in Byamee and Social Organisation#1351If it is necessary to speak to them of Byamee, he is called Boyjerh, which means Father, just as in the Theddora tribe the women speak of Darramulun as Papang, 'Father.' Among the Euahlayi both women and the uninitiated…
- Byamee in Byamee and Social Organisation#1350Ridley translated our 'God' by 'Baiame.' He supposed that native term, which he found and did not introduce, to be a derivative from the verb baia, or biai, 'to make.' Literally, however, at least in Euahlayi, the word…
- Byamee in Byamee and Social Organisation#1349The name Byamee (usually spelled Baiame) occurs in Euahlayi, Kamilaroi, and Wirádjuri; 'the Wirádjuri language is spoken over a greater extent of territory than any other tongue in New South Wales.' The word occurs in t…
- Byamee in Byamee and Social Organisation#1348As throughout the chapters on the customary laws, mysteries, and legends of the Euahlayi, there occur frequent mentions of a superhuman though anthropomorphic being named Byamee (in Kamilaroi and Wirádjuri 'Baiame'), it…
- 1905 - Western Champion#1026Public AYR report page for 1905 - Western Champion. Location cue from public page title/path: Barcaldine, Queensland. Body excerpt retained for review: THEY discovered silver and gold over Euchareena way lately. They ha…
- 1905 - Narromine News Yowie Article#870Public AYR report page for 1905 - Narromine News Yowie Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Narromine, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: # euchareena, gorilla,
- 1905 - Molong Express Yowie Article#869Public AYR report page for 1905 - Molong Express Yowie Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Molong, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: # molong, gorilla
- 1905 - Casino and Kyogle Advertiser Yowie Article#697Public AYR report page for 1905 - Casino and Kyogle Advertiser Yowie Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Casino, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coas…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#4195the Arunta. Here, in the Warramunga and allied tribes, we completely lose sight of the latter feature, and in the instance of every totem with which we are acquainted, save one or two exceptional cases, there is merely…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#4194we come to a group of tribes, including the Warramunga, Walpari, Wulmala, Worgaia, and Tjingilli, in which the ideas with regard to totems agree in essential features with those of the Kaitish and Unmatjera people, but…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#4193he totem, in successive reincarnations, is supposed never to change, but, in rare instances, the class may. Thus at the present day the son of Ilpailurkna, the head of the Idnimita totem, is the 1 In some cases these an…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#4192different parts of the country. All of them finally went into the ground, leaving their spirit parts ^ See later. ^ The name applied by the Arunta to a man old and learned in tribal customs. It means a great teacher. 15…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#4191Unkurta visited a Qualpa (long-tailed rat), an Arawa (wallaby), and an Atnunga (rabbit bandicoot), telling each of them the same thing. Finally he returned to his own camp, and sent out his off- spring in various direct…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#4190le in the Arunta tribe. Every man belongs to one special totemic group, but he may be more or less closely associated with one or more other groups, owing to special reasons. In some cases the members of two Alcheringa…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#4189s pregnant, the child, when born, is regarded as the reincarna- tion of one of the spirit ancestors associated with that spot, and therefore it belongs to that particular totemic group. Every one of their ancestors is a…
- ancestral being in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3370f the rain totem group in the Kaitish tribe — Relationship between a man and his totemic animal or plant in the Kaitish and Unmatjera — Members of totemic groups are responsible for ensuring the supply of the totemic an…
- Baiame in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3369m-bands, 687 Arungquiltha, evil magic, 458 Arunta nation, 75 meaning of the word, 10 Atna-thera-thera, transformation of, into human beings, 153 Atnatu, beliefs in, 498 sending down stone knives, 153 Atninga, offer of l…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3368ime ago.” Ilpailurkna had completely forgotten who he was and all about his past life. After a time the old man led him back to his camp and showed it to him, and told him that the woman there was his lubra, for he had…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3367et of new inside parts, placed a lot more atnongara stones in him, and patted him on the head, which caused him to jump up alive. The old medicine man then made him drink water and eat meat containing atnongara stones.…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3366THE MAKING AND POWER OF MEDICINE MEN 48 his body and in his arms and legs, and covered over his face with leaves. Then he sang over him until his body was all swollen up. When this was so he provided him with a complete…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3365morning the old man came and looked at him and placed some more atnongara stones inside 1 These atnongara stones are small crystalline structures which every medicine man is supposed to be able to produce at will from h…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3364hrough his head, from ear to ear, killing him. The old man then cut out all of his insides, intestines, liver, heart, lungs — everything in fact, and left him lying all night long on the ground. In the morning the old m…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3363pense for his services. In all essential points the making of medicine men is closely similar in the Arunta, Unmatjera, and Kaitish tribes. As a general rule they are made by the spirits called irunt- arinia^ or their e…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3362and, just as amongst ourselves, there are certain eminent members of the profession who are supposed to be much more able than the rank and file, and whose services are much sought after. Except in one very curious case…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3361e medicine men. Like any other member of the tribe they can, if they desire to do so, employ evil magic to injure some other individual, but this is not in any way associated with the special powers which they are suppo…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3360ine men may be given. They are supposed in every case to have had stones or other objects placed in their bodies by certain spirit individuals, and by virtue of them they can counteract, to a greater or less extent, the…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3359s of his victim. He then stoops down, and turning his back towards the camp takes the irna in both hands and jerks it repeatedly over his shoulder, muttering the same curses again. The evil magic called arungquiltha goe…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#33585. Arranging the series of 67 measurements, including those of both men and women according to Broca’s divi- sions,^ we find that 58 are dolichocephalic, 5 are sub-doli- chocephalic, and 4 are mesaticephalic. With the e…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3357^ then we have an index of 71.2 for the men and one of 71.3 for the women, which is just slightly below the average Australian cephalTc index of 71.5. The indices in the males v"afy between 80.5 and 66.6, the former bei…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3356very neatly wound round and round so as to produce the appearance of a closely fitting cap on the top of the head. This is particularly well seen in the case FIG. 27. — MAN OF THE WARRAMUNGA TRIBE, SHOWING THE HOLE IN T…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3355heir respective totem groups, are addressed as purntuku by the younger men, who treat them with the greatest deference. On one occasion, during a general quarrel, we saw one of the younger men, though he was, it must be…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3354formed a kind of informal council which used to meet and determine upon what should be done, and who should perform the various ceremonies ; in fact they had entire control of the proceedings. One of them, curiously eno…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3353aitish tribe .... 129. Spear-head used as pointing apparatus and for evil magic, called Nakitja by the Kaitish tribe 1 30. Scene in the Illionpa corrobboree depicting a man giving Mauia to another individual who is supp…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3352an lying down and a younger man pulling out the hairs on his cheek. Warramunga tribe . . 60 36. The back of a man of the Walpari tribe, showing scars re- sulting from cuts inflicted by stone knives . . 61 37. Side view…
- devil in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3351nce more into mulga country, and then, some twenty miles further on, the low Davenport Range is crossed. The main part of it is formed of quartzite, but in the heart of the range, and extending roughly east and west, is…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3350Pipes, designs on, 707 Pitchis, description of various forms, et seq. Pittongu, dropping stone knives, spears, etc., in various places, 428 Pointing-sticks, ancestor killing a man with, 433 ^ general description of, 455…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3349nsland, carrying with them ChiirlTtga^ which they deposited by the way at places where they left spirit individuals behind them. Warramunga tribe. Mungaritji — A large Varanid lizard which gives its name to a totemic gr…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3348e especially associated with the totemic ancestors. In the Tjingilli and Binbinga tribe the term is applied to the far past times in which their mythic ancestors are supposed to have lived. Mu7iga-77iimga — Certain wome…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3347AUSTRALIA Kuntamdra — Name applied to the ceremony of repeating subincision. Warramunga tribe. Kiipitja — Small object worn through the nose by a medicine man. Warramunga tribe. Kurdllia — Stars. Kaitish tribe. Kurdditc…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3346hfulness of his wife or the approach of a kurdditcha. Atnitta idpdilima — Striking the stomachs of men during ceremonies with the head or a stone. Arunta tribe. At7i6ngara — Stones put into the body of a medicine man so…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3345, one on each wrist. Kaitish tribe. Atnllinga — Pointing-sticks. Kaitish tribe. GLOSSARY OF NATIVE TERMS USED 747 AUimga — Avenging party. Arunta tribe. Atninga unterrima — Name of series of ceremonies attendant on the…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3344y those of one of the spirits. Then he is brought to life again, told that he is now a doctor, shown how to take bones and evil magic out of men, and carried up into the sky. Finally he is brought down and placed near t…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3343vil magic out of men. Then he took him away up into the sky and brought him down to earth close to his own camp, where he heard the natives mourning for him, thinking that he was dead. For a long time he remained in a m…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3342Mundadji who, unknown to him, was wandering about, came up, caught him by the neck, and killed him. Mundadji cut him open, right down the middle line, took out all of his insides and ex- changed them for those of himsel…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3341d be under ordinary circumstances. This is the only instance we met with in which any such license was allowed to any group of men. It is not, apparently, often taken advantage of, as, though not punishable, yet such co…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3340eft in his body, and cannot practise the profession. Amongst the Warramunga there are two very distinct kinds of doctors, and concerning one of these, who are made by old practitioners in the neighbouring Worgaia tribe,…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3339, and no woman will strike one of them with a hatchet for fear lest the blow should disturb one of the spirits, and it should immediately come out and enter her body. On the other hand we do, now and again, though only…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3338to inhabit. Certain spots are frequented by these spirit individuals, but there does not usually appear to be one individual constantly associated with one particular tree or rock. The belief of these tribes is very wel…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3337ind him. Diving into the ground at Allawanja he came out again at Aratika, where he met with a whirlwind which took him away up into the sky and carried him to Unjakakka. Then he walked along the sky and came back to hi…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3336w tree, telling no one except an unkulla (father’s sister’s son) man where he has hidden it. There is no special relationship between the boy and the tree, though in times past there possibly may have been, for accordin…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3335rried out at some spot or spots intimately associated with the Alcheringa history of the totemic group. During its progress there is always some ceremony such as that of allowing the blood of young men of the totem to f…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3334instead of being flattened it is almost circular in section, and carries the very simple design seen in the figure. These mitji- mitjari are made of stone, and in the same way we find stone Churinga associated with the…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3333be, which inhabits the country to the north-east of the Kaitish and comes into contact with the Warramunga on the eastern boundary of the latter, we meet, so far as we have been able to discover, with the last traces of…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3332ason that the Alcheringa ancestors are, unlike what occurs in the Arunta traditions, very few in number. In the latter tribe, however, the more numerous Alcheringa ancestors carried with them Churinga, with which were a…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3331a ; but as a general rule the sacred name is one which was possessed by some ancestor since the Alcheringa times, for the simple reason that the Alcheringa ancestors are, unlike what occurs in the Arunta traditions, ver…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3330the totem, — :? whom they call Inquatitja. Each Churinga, just as in the Arunta, has a spirit associated with it.^ Thus, for example, in the tradition relating to Unthurkapunda of the grass-seed totem, we find that afte…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3329d ochre. The beliefs of the Unmatjera tribe with regard to Churinga are practically identical with those of the Arunta. They use the same name Churinga, and store them in secret places which, like the Arunta, they call…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3328ouse. He then beckoned to the others to come up, and pointing towards the mouth of the little fissure which serves as the ertnatulunga, made signs with his fingers, and each man in turn stepped up and laid his open hand…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3327as the direct offspring of one great, eponymous ancestor. In the Gnanji tribe we have fundamentally the same beliefs, with the addition that the natives think that some of the spirits of his totemic ancestors, or at lea…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3326c animal or plant nor that of his father, even if this be different from his own, and only eats a little of that of his mother. In most cases, but not in all, the totemic groups arose as the direct offspring of one grea…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3325spirit ancestors, and thus, of course, belongs to that special totemic group. Nothing could be simpler than this. On the other hand, the most complicated ideas are those of the Urabunna tribe, in which we have maternal…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3324er-holes and plenty of lilies in them. He left behind numbers of Ulanji spirits wherever he per- formed ceremonies. These spirits emanated from his body. After travelling over a great extent of country, and making many…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3323at a place called Markumundana, where he came out of the ground.^ He walked along to a big sand- hill, Windilumba, where he made a spring, and also a moun- tain close by. He crossed what is now known as the Limmen Creek…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3322a bee. Certain trees and stones on their banks are supposed to be full of bee and goshawk spirits. The snake totem belongs to one moiety of the tribe and the bee and goshawk to the other, and the natives told us that th…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3321t of the country not associated with his own totem. For example, we were speaking amongst others to a snake man, close by the side of two water-holes in Gnanji country, one of which was associated with, and had been mad…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3320example, a Tjupila man of the wild-cat totem, whose mother was an emu, will 1 These two men both entered their mother at a water-hole called Thali-ippi, where in the Wingara the ancestor of the Tjudia totem left them be…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3319y of the tribe — that is, by a man who belongs to the half of the tribe to which that particular totem is regarded as belonging. For example, a Tjupila man of the wild-cat totem, whose mother was an emu, will 1 These tw…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3318hole out of which at sunrise he emerged and divided into two again. After this they remained separate. In the morning they were red coloured, but they sat out in the sunlight all day and turned black. They grew into Okn…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3317e latter lay down all day with his chrysalis case iirtnia), out of which he had come, by his side. This was his Churinga and was coloured red. From it there also issued many kurna^ or spirit individuals, which later on…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3316ally pushed its bill up either side of the nose, thereby opening the two nostrils. Thus the crow transformed the imperfect creature into the first fully formed Idnimita man. The latter lay down all day with his chrysali…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3315ith a spirit. In the Kaitish and Unmatjera, while we have still persisting the old tradition about the transformation of incomplete human beings into men and women, we find that the peopling of various spots is due to o…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3314eral rule two persons, often an elder and a younger brother, and not seldom a single individual, being concerned. In the Arunta it was, to a large extent, the members of the totemic companies who went into the earth at…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3313ber of places associated with these Alcheringa spirits, one group of whom will be kangaroo, another emu, another Hakea plant, and so on. When a woman conceives it simply means that one of these spirits has gone inside h…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3312he Churinga with the associated spirit remain- ing behind, above ground. There are thus at the present day, dotted about all over the Arunta country, a very large number of places associated with these Alcheringa spirit…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3311one of these Churinga was associated with the spirit part of an individual, and at various spots these Alcheringa ancestors went into the ground, the Churinga with the associated spirit remain- ing behind, above ground.…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3310estors who originated in this way marched in groups across the country, every one of them carrying with him, or her, not only a personal Churinga, but often many others also. Every one of these Churinga was associated w…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3309having circumcised the men the two un- gambikula changed themselves into little lizards called amunga-quinia-quinia} The totemic ancestors who originated in this way marched in groups across the country, every one of th…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3308eft spirits behind. In the course of ages any single individual can run the whole gamut of the totems, alternating from side to side of the tribe, but always returning at death to its original home.^ The change of sex m…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3307nts during child-birth are always attributed to the fact that the spirit has entered the body of the wrong woman. V TOTEMS 149 was left in the Alcheringa by the ancestor of the totem. If, for example, it were originally…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3306in the Warramunga tribe. Every individual goes back after death in spirit form to the spot at which it 1 Premature births or accidents during child-birth are always attributed to the fact that the spirit has entered the…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3305t each reincarnation the indi- vidual changes both his or her moiety and totem. Not only is this so, but it also changes its sex — a belief which is also met with in the Warramunga tribe. Every individual goes back afte…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3304n undergoing reincarnation it can only enter the body of a Matthurie woman who, of necessity, belongs to another totem, and thus at each reincarnation the indi- vidual changes both his or her moiety and totem. Not only…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3303in each succes- sive reincarnation the child changes its sex, moiety, and totem. Suppose, for example, a Kirarawa man of the emu totem dies. His spirit, which in the case of a dead man they call kumpira^ goes back to th…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3302and totem as the spirit. In the Urabunna the ideas of the natives in regard to this point are very different. The child must belong to the same moiety and totem as its mother, but they have the curious belief that in ea…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3301idual is the reincarnation of a mai-aurli or spirit who emanated from the body of an Alcheringa ancestor. In the Urabunna, just as in the tribes north of the Arunta nation, the totems are strictly divided between the tw…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3300wo moieties (Kirarawa and Matthurie, or Kararu and Matteri) and no subclasses, and in which descent is counted in the female line, we have a very definite belief in the existence of spirit individuals who are derived fr…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3299RIBES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA chap. It will thus be evident that in the Urabunna tribe, which is a typical example of those Australian tribes in which there are names for only the two moieties (Kirarawa and Matthurie, or K…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3298s which emanated from the bodies of the two ancestors. On the other hand there was a water- pool, a quarter of a mile away, inhabited by spirits left there by emu, rain, and a grub ancestor. Sometimes there appears to b…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3297a to mark the place where the ancestors of the pigeon group danced and played about. Of these boulders one represents an old male and another a female ancestor. The rocks are supposed to be inhabited solely by pigeon sp…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3296to the Kirarawa moiety, will serve to illustrate the Urabunna belief. In the Alcheringa a green and a brown snake arose. At first they “ sat down,” as the natives say, inside a water-hole called Yanidi, making fur- stri…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3295carrying of Churinga with which their spirit parts were associated. These old semi -human ancestors wandered about all over the country now occupied by the Urabunna tribe, per- forming sacred ceremonies, and, when they…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#329422. L 146 NORTHERN TRIBES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA chap. lizard group, one or two rain creatures gave rise to the rain group, and so on. The belief differs from that of the Arunta, and is in agreement with that of the Warra…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3293ge of ceremonies connected with the totemic groups of the other — Paternal descent of the totem in the Warramunga — Eating of the totemic animal or plant — Relation between the individual and his totem as indicated by t…