The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume 1 (of 3) / The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia

by James George Frazer

Footnote 131:[ (return) ]

Spencer and Gillen, Native Tribes, p. 136.

Footnote 132:[ (return) ]

Spencer and Gillen, Native Tribes, pp. 158 sq.

Footnote 133:[ (return) ]

Spencer and Gillen, Northern Tribes, pp. 271 sq.

Footnote 134:[ (return) ]

Spencer and Gillen, Northern Tribes of Central Australia, pp. 490 sq.

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Spencer and Gillen, Northern Tribes of Central Australia, pp. 226 sq. Another mythical being in which the Warramunga believe is the pau-wa, a fabulous animal, half human and somewhat resembling a dog. See Spencer and Gillen, op. cit. pp. 195, 197, 201, 210 sq. But the creature seems not to be a totem, for it is not included in the list of totems given by Messrs. Spencer and Gillen (op. cit. pp. 768-773).

Footnote 136:[ (return) ]

Spencer and Gillen, Northern Tribes of Central Australia, pp. 252 sq.

LECTURE V

THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE ABORIGINES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA (continued)

Beliefs of the Central Australian aborigines concerning the reincarnation of the dead. The mythical water-snake Wollunqua.