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THE EUAHLAYI TRIBE
Woman—continued.

Byamee—belief concealed from women, name not used, 4, 6.

Heaven—time occupied in making weapons, 124.

Initiation of a girl into womanhood, 56-58.

Woodcraft, blacks' knowledge of, 113.

Woormerh, boy messengers carrying

Boorah summons, 64.

Wotjobaluk tribe, 10, 24.

Wrestling, 68, 129.

Wundah, or white devil spirits, 29.

Wunnarl, or food taboo—ceremonies on removal of wunnarl, etc, 23, 24, 81.

Wurrawilberoo, 51, 95, 138.


Yanta spirits' water scheme, 103.

Yaraikkana tribe, 24.

Yarmmara, or barley grass, harvest, 118.

Yellen, 84.

Yowee, skeleton spirit, 83.

Yowee, soul equivalent, 35.

Yubbah (carpet snake) totem, 19.

Yudtha Dulleebah, 5, 71.

Yunbeai—

Assuming shape of yunbeai, possessor's power of, 21, 30.

Cases in which yunbeai came out of owners, alleged, 21.

Differences between hereditary totem and individual totem, 21.

Eating of yunbeai prohibited, etc, 21.

Equivalent of Manitu of Red Indians, etc., 24.

Occurrence among Australian tribes, question of 24.

Sick persons, yunbeai cure, 29, 34.

Various properties of yunbeai, 30.

Wirreenuns all possessed of yunbeai, 29.

Yungawee, sacred fire of little Boorah ring, 64.

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