Creation and evolution in primitive cosmogonies, and other pieces / by Sir James George Frazer
- Bib ID:
- 2548748
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Frazer, James George, 1854-1941
- Description:
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- London : MacMillan and Co. Limited, 1935
- xi, 131 p.
- Summary:
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p.7; Legend of Pund-jel, the creator (Melbourne); p.17; Notes on Cassowary totemic clan (Mabuiag); p.29-34; 3 Dieri origin legends; Arunta embryo legend, lists clans known to have originated from embryos, all circumcised with fire-stick except Plum Tree men; p.55-69; Notes on Baldwin Spencer and his work in Central Australia.
- Subject:
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- Frazer, James George, 1854-1941
- Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 1743-1794
- Spencer, Baldwin, Sir, 1860-1929
- Creation
- Religion - Totemism
- Initiation - Circumcision
- Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology
- Torres Strait Islanders (Qld TSI SC54, SC55)
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Animals - Birds - Cassowaries
- Diyari / Dieri people (L17) (SA SH54-01)
- Technology - Wood - Fire sticks
- Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Human biology - Physical anthropology - Human evolution
- Mabuiag / Jervis Island (Qld TSI SC54-07)
- Melbourne (Vic SJ55-05)
- Northern Territory - Central NT
- Queensland (Qld)
- North East South Australia (NE SA SG54, SH54)
- South Australia - Central Australia (SA SG52, SG53)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1802
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1771
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