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The Native Tribes of North Central Australia: Chapter V. ...

Baldwin SpencerCentral Australian AboriginesDreamtime Rock ArtTotemism

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The Native Tribes of North Central Australia, by Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen [1899] General description of Churinga—Mystery attached to their use—Finding of the Churinga when the child is born—The Nanja tree or stone—Relationship between an individual and his Nanja—The Ertnatulunga or sacred storehouse; its sanctity—The earliest rudiment of the idea of a city of refuge—The spirit part placed in the Churinga undergoes reincarnation—The Tundun in the case of the Jeraeil of the Kurnai tribe…