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- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3292tral and southern-central tribes — Gradual change in the method of counting descent of the totem in passing from the south to the north amongst the central tribes — Universal belief in reincarnation^ — Origin of totemic…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3291this side of his life occupies by far the greater part of his thoughts. The sacred ceremonies, which appear very trivial matters to the white man, are most 34 NORTHERN TRIBES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA chap, i serious matters…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3290eral alatunjas connected with one totem. Thus, for example, there are at least three important ones, each of whom is associated with one local group of the witchetty grub (Udniringita) people. In the more northern tribe…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3289nce, such as those connected with initiation, there is a fundamental agreement amongst all of the tribes in the centre — that is, those who occupy the country from Lake Eyre to the Gulf of Carpentaria. (2) In all of the…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3288mental belief that his alcheringa ancestors occupied precisely the same country which he does now. The spirit parts of these ancestors are still there, and he has a vague kind of idea not only that the country is indubi…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3287tertribal quarrels and fights, but there is no such thir^ as the acquisition of fresh territory. No idea of this or of its advisability or otherwise ever enters the head of the Central Australian native. Very probably t…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3286oiety. Warramunga tribe . . . . .205 62. Ceremony of the Wind Totem. Warramunga tribe . 206 63. Ceremony of Wild Cat {Dasyiiriis sp.) Totem. Walpari tribe ....... 207 64. Ceremony of a Lizard Totem. Warramunga tribe . 2…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3285ave not been described is no proof at all that they did not exist. It can scarcely be imagined that the idea of reincarnation of ancestral spirit individuals, and customs such as Intichiuma, should be confined even to t…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#3284change amongst the tribes in regard to organisation and beliefs, and at the same time to demonstrate a fundamental agreement in regard to certain important matters. Perhaps the most interesting result of our work is the…
- Mura-mura in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1948rites in connection with the bones of a dead man were carried out. After being shown the ceremonies connected with the totem of the dead man, the Tjulantjuka boy was subincised by a Yakomari man, the details of the cere…
- Daramulun in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1947ing, 424 Clothing, 683 Collins, on ceremonies at initiation in eastern tribes, 224 Colour of natives, 35 Conception, ideas with regard to, in the Arunta, 150 in the Kaitish, 156 in the Warramunga, 162 no idea of, as due…
- Baiame in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1946one aspect they find their exact counterpart in all of the central tribes where the women and children are taught to believe that the sound of the bull-roarer, heard during the initiation ceremonies, is the voice of a g…
- Baiame in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1945same tribe a native were questioned as to the use of the bull-roarer (here called niurtu-murtii) during initiation, the reply would prob- ably be somewhat after this fashion: — “That one Murtu- Murtu him big fellow in W…
- Baiame in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1944y, he has regarded as all-powerful, is merely a myth, and that such a being does not really exist, and is only an invention of the men to frighten the women and children. Amongst all of the twenty tribes with which we a…
- wizard in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1943tribe with which we have come into contact. The profession is strictly hereditary in the members of the Yuntanarra or falling-star totem, who are especially associated with the un- friendly spirits living in the sky. Th…
- wizard in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1942D POWER OF MEDICINE MEN 489 Strictly speaking, he is a wizard or sorcerer rather than a doctor, as his powers consist in the giving of “ bones ” and not in the withdrawing of evil magic. The natives have special incanta…
- Mura-mura in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1941belief in spirits who take boys away at initiation, Arunta tribe, 492 n. belief in the spirit Tumana, Warra- munga tribe, 499 in spirit Murtu-murtu, Warramunga tribe, 500 belief in spirit Katajalina, Binbinga tribe, 501…
- Mura-mura in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1940Alcheringa, 410-41 1 indicating right lubras for men, 416 magic used by, 464 punishing, by magic, 465 obtaining, by magic, 472 head-rings of, used by men for curing headache, 474 belief in spirits who take boys away at…
- Daramulun in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1939l of old men, 22, 24 Counting, 30 Daramulun, 492 Death, rites in connection with, in the Warramunga tribe, 515 seq. 778 NORTHERN TRIBES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA Decorative art, 696 et seq. Descent, in the Arunta tribe, 96 c…
- Baiame in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1938e referring to Baiame, Daramulun, etc., in their supposed aspects of “all fathers,” “supreme beings,” or inculcators of moral ideas. In one aspect they find their exact counterpart in all of the central tribes where the…
- wizard in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1937e idea in the Anula tribe, which in most of its customs and traditions is very closely similar to the Mara, in regard to doctors is quite distinct from that of any other tribe with which we have come into contact. The p…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1936e very curious case, mentioned later, when dealing with the Warramunga tribe, there is nothing what- ever by way of rev/ard or privilege given or accorded to a medicine man in recompense for his services. In all essenti…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1935ssion is hereditary in the Yuntanara or falling-star totem — Medicine men or women can only “ give a bone,” and cannot withdraw evil magic. In all the tribes, with one exception, there are certain indi- viduals to whom…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1934ured thereby. CHAPTER XV THE MAKING AND POWER OF MEDICINE MEN The function of medicine men in the central tribes is to withdraw and not to impart evil magic — Made in the Arunta, Unmatjera, and Kaitish tribes by the spi…
- medicine man in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1933hich consists in burning, or performing some kind of magic charm on the hair, with the idea that the person from whom it has been cut can be injured thereby. CHAPTER XV THE MAKING AND POWER OF MEDICINE MEN The function…
- spirit ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1932ose spirit ancestor inhabited a special water-hole close by the side of Thapauerlu, where the Wollunqua itself lives. In the Arunta tribe the spirit individual is spoken of as an iruntaHnia^ and in addition to the latte…
- spirit ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1931come out and enter her body. On the other hand we do, now and again, though only rarely, meet with beliefs similar to those of the Arunta — as, for example, in the case of the present headman of the Wollunqua totem, who…
- Mura-mura in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1930mony being closely similar to those of the Binbinga tribe. When all was over the boy was presented with a sacred stick (bull- roarer) called mura-mura and told that it was made, in the first instance, by the whirlwind ;…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1929o or more totems may inhabit the same place.^ Thus, close by our camp, there was a large group of granite boulders which arose in the Alcheringa to mark the place where the ancestors of the pigeon group danced and playe…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1928een snake went down close by, and the brown one in another spot. Three springs arose to mark the place where they finally disappeared. It is the mai-aurli or spirit children left behind by animal or semi-human ancestors…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1927pirits or mai-aurli at all of their camping places. Finally, at a place called Kirri-kat- jirina, the green snake caught sight of a yellow one and gave chase to it. It dived down into the ground, the green snake went do…
- spirits in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1926ret Hill they built two stone shelters, one snake sitting down in each. As they walked along they hollowed out the course of the Umbinga Creek, and made the springs called by white men Brinkley, Loddon,_ and Strangways.…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1925anisation and customs all our knowledge of Australian tribes was previously based. That ceremonies and beliefs, possibly in details different from, but probably in essential features akin to, those of the central tribes…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1924bre. Warramunga and TJingilli tribes. Watilikirri — Name of beaked boomerang. Warramunga tribe. Wdtjinga — Name given to the echidna. Kaitish tribe. Wdtji-wdtji — Name of opprobium applied to a man who has intercourse w…
- spirit ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1923, 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…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1922the totem of the individual varies in different tribes, the idea of the Arunta and Kaitish tribes, who inhabit the central area, being probably the simplest and most primitive in this respect. Various spots are inhabite…
- spirit in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1921ber 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 ancestor in The Northern Tribes of Central Australia#1920change amongst the tribes in regard to organisation and beliefs, and at the same time to demonstrate a fundamental agreement in regard to certain important matters. Perhaps the most interesting result of our work is the…
- Bunjil in Tales and Beliefs#1433But if a man only killed enough game, or procured enough other food for himself, his wife, and children, then he need not divide with others; but if he found that his father had no food, he would give them what he had…
- Bunjil in Tales and Beliefs#1432As an illustration of the way in which such names may be acquired, I may mention the following. The Mitchell River flows for some thirty miles through a gorge-like and somewhat inaccessible valley. In order to examine i…
- Bunjil in Tales and Beliefs#1431Among the names of such men known to me are Bunjil-barlajan (platypus), from his skill in spearing that animal; Bunjil-tambun (Gippsland perch, Lates Colonorum), from his skill in catching that fish. A leading man in th…
- Bunjil in Tales and Beliefs#1430When a Kurnai has arrived at mature age, and when he may be supposed to have taken his place among the elders of the clan, and was designated Boldain or old man, he usually acquired a new name. As the child's name gave…
- Kutchi in Ceremonies and Beliefs#1420Having done this, the Malku-malku-ulu went onwards, and at Kutchi-wirina they saw, at a little distance from them, a Kutchi in human form suddenly disappear into the ground. In alarm they altered their former course and…
- Mura-mura in Ceremonies and Beliefs#1419A large number of people had assembled at Tuntchara, for the circumcision ceremony, at which there was an old Mura-mura who had provided Palyara for food, and who rejoiced over the sweet smell thereof as it was being co…
- Mura-mura in Ceremonies and Beliefs#1418The two Mura-muras wandered through all the land, carrying the Tula everywhere for circumcision, and were everywhere honoured as the benefactors of mankind.
- Mura-mura in Ceremonies and Beliefs#1417people who had collected to circumcise some young men by means of fire. They approached quietly, and then, suddenly springing forward, they circumcised the youths with their Tula before the men knew what was being done.…
- Mura-mura in Ceremonies and Beliefs#1416They are therefore connected with the Lake Eyre tribes, and I commence my description of the ceremonies of the western type with those of the Dieri tribe. These ceremonies are illustrated by legends, which are repeated…
- ghost in Initiation Ceremonies#1415the male kangaroo, as the necessary qualification can be acquired in no other way than by eating the flesh in common with all the men who are present at the Jeraeil. After this the boys were dressed as men, with a red f…
- ghost in Initiation Ceremonies#1326of, the camp, where the novices were still under the careful tuition of their guardians. When all was prepared, the men began to shout, as if driving game, to beat the logs and tree-stems with clubs and tomahawk-heads,…
- supernatural being in Initiation Ceremonies#1325small tree is taken up and placed with its roots in the air, and around it saplings, peeled of their bark, are placed, the whole being tied together with strips of bark, thus making a sort of small enclosure. The saplin…
- Mrart in Initiation Ceremonies#1324let the Tutnurring through, and then followed them, shouting, to the camp. One of the Bullawangs, who had been told off for the purpose, gathered up the Dura, and brought it to the Jeraeil ground, where it was divided,…
- Mrart in Initiation Ceremonies#1323roarer, told them the message. After due consideration, the message was announced in a general assemblage of all the initiated men, and the Gweraeil-kurnai sent forward the message by one of his own men. These proceedin…
- Mungan-ngaua in Initiation Ceremonies#1322or any one who is not Jeraeil." In the olden times spears were held pointed at the novices at this juncture, to emphasise the threats that were made, should they reveal the mysteries unlawfully. The old Headman then, in…
- Bunjil in Initiation Ceremonies#1321a akin to them, as speaking a dialect of the same language, on the Lower Loddon River in Victoria. On the Victorian side of the Murray the sequence of tribes, having the two-class system with the names Mukwara and Kilpa…
- Bunjil in Initiation Ceremonies#1320the mountain side, until at another little level a third halt was made. Here the second stage was marked by all the men rubbing themselves with powdered charcoal, making themselves almost unrecognisable. The use of powd…
- Tharamulun in Initiation Ceremonies#1319t easily. If the tooth holds fast, the old men say it is because the boys have had improper relations with the women. The ceremonies last for three or four days, during which the songs and dances are the same as at the…
- Tharamulun in Initiation Ceremonies#1318he following details may be added. During the time that the novice (Kuringun) is away in the mountains after the ceremonies, he is in the charge of some old man, or more than one. He may be absent more than six months,…
- Mungan-ngaua in Initiation Ceremonies#1317en for these words. I was told in reference to them, "Our fathers always said and did thus to make the boys into men." ↑ I was much struck by the similarity of this raising the hands towards the sky, to the pointing upw…
- supernatural being in Initiation Ceremonies#1316o the ground, which represents the path from the sky to the earth, and they cut on the ground the figure of Daramulun, who is not the Supernatural Being of the Yuin beliefs, but the "boy," or son, of Baiame. He is alway…
- Baiame in Initiation Ceremonies#1315t his face, over which the upper part hangs like a hood. The ceremonies are marked off into various stages by particular representations. For instance, the men strip off from a tree near the Gumbu a spiral piece of bark…
- Bunjil in Legends#1314Supernatural Being (Bunjil).—Make exaggerated sign for old man, then make exaggerated sign for "big," then point to the sky (Wurunjerri). Similar gestures are made by the Murring.
- Kutchi in Ceremonies and Beliefs#1313Immediately before a boy is circumcised, a young man picks up a handful of sand and sprinkles it as he runs round the outside of the camp. This is to keep out Kutchi and to keep in the Mura-mura of the ceremonies.
- Kutchi in Ceremonies and Beliefs#1312Having done this, the Malku-malku-ulu went onwards, and at Kutchi-wirina they saw, at a little distance from them, a Kutchi in human form suddenly disappear into the ground. In alarm they altered their former course and…
- Mura-mura in Ceremonies and Beliefs#1311A large number of people had assembled at Tuntchara, for the circumcision ceremony, at which there was an old Mura-mura who had provided Palyara for food, and who rejoiced over the sweet smell thereof as it was being co…
- Mura-mura in Ceremonies and Beliefs#1310The two Mura-muras wandered through all the land, carrying the Tula everywhere for circumcision, and were everywhere honoured as the benefactors of mankind.
- Mura-mura in Ceremonies and Beliefs#1309people who had collected to circumcise some young men by means of fire. They approached quietly, and then, suddenly springing forward, they circumcised the youths with their Tula before the men knew what was being done.…
- Mura-mura in Ceremonies and Beliefs#1308They are therefore connected with the Lake Eyre tribes, and I commence my description of the ceremonies of the western type with those of the Dieri tribe. These ceremonies are illustrated by legends, which are repeated…
- ghost in Initiation Ceremonies#1307The Water Ceremony.—After the "ghosts" had killed and eaten their kangaroo, the novices retired in company with their Bullawangs and some other men. All the rest
- ghost in Initiation Ceremonies#1306When all was prepared, the men began to shout, as if driving game, to beat the logs and tree-stems with clubs and tomahawk-heads, and in fact to represent a "kangaroo drive." The Tutnurring being carefully shrouded in t…
- Mrart in Initiation Ceremonies#1305"Seeing the Ghosts."—At this stage the Tutnurring are told to come and see the Mrart (ghosts).
- Mungan-ngaua in Initiation Ceremonies#1304Long ago there was a great Being, called Mungan-ngaua, who lived on the earth, and who taught the Kurnai of that time to make implements, nets, canoes, weapons—in fact, all the arts they know. He also gave them the pers…
- Bunjil in Initiation Ceremonies#1303I have spoken before of the sequence of the groups of tribes along the course of the Murray River from Wentworth upwards. I need not again enumerate them, but merely point out that the Ta-tathi are situated farthest dow…
- Baiame in Initiation Ceremonies#1302They remain away in the bush for as long as twelve months, not being allowed to approach the camp or to come near a woman. They are forbidden during their probation, indeed even after it, until permitted by the old men,…
- Baiame in Initiation Ceremonies#1301Among the spectacular representations at the Burbung there is one in which the head medicine-man goes away for a time, and then returns dressed up in bunches and tufts of grass, saying that he had been for them to Baiam…
- Baiame in Initiation Ceremonies#1300The ceremonies are marked off into various stages by particular representations. For instance, the men strip off from a tree near the Gumbu a spiral piece of bark round the bole, from the limbs to the ground, which repr…
- supernatural being in Initiation Ceremonies#1299In the middle of the clear space in which the ceremonies take place, a small tree is taken up and placed with its roots in the air, and around it saplings, peeled of their bark, are placed, the whole being tied together…
- Tharamulun in Initiation Ceremonies#1298The ceremonies last for three or four days, during which the songs and dances are the same as at the Kuringal. The novices are instructed by their Jambis, and admonished to obey the rules laid down for their conduct. Th…
- Tharamulun in Initiation Ceremonies#1297During the time that the novice (Kuringun) is away in the mountains after the ceremonies, he is in the charge of some old man, or more than one. He may be absent more than six months, and during this time he is not allo…
- Bunjil in Initiation Ceremonies#1296From here we marched slowly up the mountain side, until at another little level a third halt was made. Here the second stage was marked by all the men rubbing themselves with powdered charcoal, making themselves almost…
- Daramulun in Initiation Ceremonies#1295This having been done, the men closed rapidly and closely round the women and children so as to crowd them together; and, having done so, shouted "Wah!" and raised their boomerangs and boughs to the sky. This is the ges…
- Daramulun in Initiation Ceremonies#1294The men having joined the boys with their bundles, they all move along the path, and at each stage the medicine-men go through their magical performances. The Kabos explain everything to their boys, and also tell them a…
- Daramulun in Initiation Ceremonies#12934. Daramulun. A figure the size, or more than the size, of life is made of earth in relief representing a man in the act of dancing the magic dance, and surrounded by the implements and weapons of the Yuin. These were,…
- Daramulun in Initiation Ceremonies#12921. Gurama, that is, "a hole," otherwise "a grave." At it one of the medicine-men dances the magical dance peculiar to these ceremonies, in which he squats down near to the ground while dancing, moving his legs alternat…
- Mrart in Initiation Ceremonies#1291These proceedings are carefully concealed from the women, excepting the old women of consideration, to whom a hint is given by some such expression as "the Mrarts (ghosts) are going to kill a kangaroo." This hint is gi…
- 1904 - Science of Man Article#1060Public AYR report page for 1904 - Science of Man Article. No state or locality is asserted in the public page fields; retained as an Australia-level corpus record for dashboard/density only and excluded from strict map…
- wizard in Such Is Life#2991r of the stable, whilst Pawsome's horses--a white and a piebald-- were occupying the two stalls, and voraciously tearing down mouthfuls of good Victorian hay from the rack above the manger. Pawsome, silently caressing o…
- witch in Such Is Life#2990rld would be sorry to lose; but why did n't he write one verse--just one--for the Abolitionists to quote?" "Because it's not in his nature to denounce things," objected Alf. "Neither was it in Longfellow's nature; yet L…
- wizard in Such Is Life#2989gh of Despond, and the other across the Delectable Mountains, but you don't know whether the section will prove rough or smooth, or whether it ends in a junction or a terminus, till the cloven mists of the Future melt i…
- witch in Such Is Life#2984are judged worthy to form a separate section of his works. But Holmes can denounce most valiantly. He denounces witch-burning and Inquisition-persecution, like the chivalrous soul that he is. He has achieved the distinc…
- spirits in Such Is Life#2983dary fence, where we shook hands, and parted--each looking forward to the probability of meeting again, but with different degrees of longing. And now, thought I, as I recovered Alf's saddle and bridle, heaven grant tha…
- spirit in Such Is Life#2978o block me of keeping two teams; so I determined to have one good one. Now, I've always stood pretty well with the agents and squatters, and I know my way round Riverina, so I can turn over as much money as any single-t…
- phantom in Such Is Life#2977he culvert, and send him at the drain: and, with that danger-begotten fascination by trifles which, in situations like mine, you must often have experienced, I noticed her pliant waist spring in easy undulation to the h…
- apparition in Such Is Life#2976een into, at some fitting time. But this hypothesis of unconscious cerebration seemed scarcely as satisfactory as the other-namely, that, having at a former time heard Terrible Tommy mention the name of Andrew Glover, m…
- ghost in Such Is Life#2974pushed along the tracks she had made only a few hours before, with good hopes of overtaking her before dark. The thing that made us most uneasy was the weather. It was threatening for a thunderstorm. At this time we wer…
- ghost in Such Is Life#2973ption between two alternatives. Now mark what followed, for, like Falstaff's story, it is worth the marking. [Each undertaking, great or small, of our lives has one controlling alternative, and no more. To illustrate th…
- ghost in Such Is Life#2972nother fortnight passed, whilst each of us learned something from the other. I constantly endeavoured, by reminiscence and inference, to post him up in the usages of his adopted country; and he regaled me with the folk-…
- phantom in Thirty Years in Australia#2901the people who, as in this case, were supposed to be entertaining her, were neither mean nor selfish, nor intentionally rude. I am sure the idea that they were not treating her with the highest consideration never cross…
- ghost in Thirty Years in Australia#2900o talk that I ever had is more refreshing to remember than that which I enjoyed until past midnight--especially after G. came back from his meeting to divide us into pairs. There are books and ideas that can never sugge…
- 1903 - Queanbeyan Observer Yowie Article 07-08-1903#868Public AYR report page for 1903 - Queanbeyan Observer Yowie Article 07-08-1903. Location cue from public page title/path: Queanbeyan, New South Wales. Body excerpt retained for review: # tidbinbilla, cotter, yahoo, null…
- 1903 - Delegate Argus Yowie Article#867Public AYR report page for 1903 - Delegate Argus Yowie Article. Location cue from public page title/path: Melbourne, Victoria. Body excerpt retained for review: # gorilla, candelo