The religions of the pre-contact Victorian Aborigines / by Colin Leslie Dean
- Bib ID:
- 1730853
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dean, Colin Leslie
- Description:
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- Geelong, Vic. : Gamahucher Press, 1998
- [24], 181 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 187634704X
- Summary:
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Reconstruction of the pre-contact religious beliefs of the Victorian Aborigines; discussion of the limitations of the sources and the evidence; nature and definition of religion; review of the concept of totemism - totems associated with specific language groups; high beings (Gods) - Bunjil; spirits - bunyip, Myndie (Rainbow Serpent), Loan, various evil spirits; cosmology and mythology; varieties of religious/mystical consciousness; appendices on pre-contact poetry and song, sacred sites, totem centres, cave paintings, possum rugs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-181)
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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