kutula

The spirit part of an individual. When the burial rites are all over, the spirit returns to its own mungai spot. After a time it walks about, and may occasionally be seen by othes, and sooner or later it undergoes reincarnation.

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References

Source

  • Spencer, Sir Baldwin. (1904). Northern Tribes of Central Australia. London: Macmillan, pp. 174, 554.