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... cicada , until darkness has fallen . After the rite the cicada disappears and is not seen or heard and there follow four months of fine weather with little rain.1 In the North Andaman Islands Biliku is supposed to be angry if anyone ...
... cicada , until darkness has fallen . After the rite the cicada disappears and is not seen or heard and there follow four months of fine weather with little rain.1 In the North Andaman Islands Biliku is supposed to be angry if anyone ...
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... cicada is singing . The cicada " sings " , as the natives call it , during the short interval between dawn and sunrise and between sunset and darkness . At these times if a man is singing he stops until the cicadas are silent again ...
... cicada is singing . The cicada " sings " , as the natives call it , during the short interval between dawn and sunrise and between sunset and darkness . At these times if a man is singing he stops until the cicadas are silent again ...
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... cicada sings , and the ritual of " killing the cicada ” consists in making a terrific noise by banging the sounding boards . According to the Andaman Islanders the cicada is the child ( or wife ) of the creator god Biliku . The Semang ...
... cicada sings , and the ritual of " killing the cicada ” consists in making a terrific noise by banging the sounding boards . According to the Andaman Islanders the cicada is the child ( or wife ) of the creator god Biliku . The Semang ...
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Aka-Jeru Altjira iliinka ancestors Andaman Islanders Andamanese angry animal anxiety arambaranga Aranda arumburinga beeswax belief Biliku bird body Brown called Caryota castration castration anxiety cave Central Australian ceremony child cicada circumcision coitus connected Crab dance death demon devil double dream eaglehawk earth erintja female fire genital hero human husband imago incest intercourse iruntarinia kangaroo Karei Kari killed Kolotat kuntanka kuruna libidinal live Luritja magic Maia male maliara mamu mankind mara means Milky Monitor Lizard monkey mother myth mythology natives ngantja nguampa night noise œdipus origin paluru-nguampa parents penis petrifaction phallic Pindupi Pitchentara primal horde primal scene primitive Puluga punishment pygmy regarded religion representative ritual Róheim Schebesta Semang sexual shell sky-beings soul stone storm story Strehlow subincision sublimation superego supernatural symbol taboo tjurunga Tomo totem tree tribes Tukutita turtle vagina variant waninga wife witch woman women yams Yirramba