'INDEX TO SOME OF THE MAIN CULTURAL CONCEPTS OF THE DIARI TRIBE by REV. J.G. REUTHER (Vol. VI) Translated by Rev. P.A. Scherer'

Archive Collections / Rev. Johann Georg Reuther / Series AA266/25 / 'INDEX TO SOME OF THE MAIN CULTURAL CONCEPTS OF THE DIARI TRIBE by REV. J.G. REUTHER (Vol. VI) Translated by Rev. P.A. Scherer'

This item comprises 2 copies, 87 pages each, of Scherer's translation of Reuther's Manuscript, Volume VI. Vocabulary used to define each of the 74 concepts is cross-referenced back to Reuther's Dictionary. The concepts are numbered as follows:

  1. Pigments

  2. Prohibitions affecting women

  3. Corroborees

  4. Figurative expressions

  5. Compounded verbs

  6. Sun, moon, stars and time

  7. General prohibitions

  8. The death penalty

  9. Strangulations

  10. Commendable attributes

  11. Signs and tokens

  12. Points of the compass

  13. Word combinations

  14. Disposition

  15. Heart, conscience

  16. Omens

  17. Food and drink

  18. Rules and regulations

  19. Ceremonial feasts

  20. From birth to initiation

  21. Initiation

  22. The family

  23. Relationship between husband and wife

  24. Invitations

  25. The Mura

  26. Widows and widowers

  27. Mourning

  28. Purification

  29. Death

  30. Marriage

  31. Origin of words

  32. Forebodings and presentiments

  33. Acts of offence

  34. Hunting

  35. Diseases

  36. Fighting

  37. Instructors of the law

  38. Agreement regarding the deceased

  39. Restoration of peace

  40. Territories and boundaries

  41. Fighting

  42. Cursings and bewitchings

  43. Relatives

  44. Headmen and subordinates

  45. Travel

  46. Hospitality

  47. The Muramuras

  48. Trade

  49. Legacies

  50. Wind and clouds

  51. Place names

  52. not listed

  53. Agents of the devil

  54. The devil and spirits

  55. Murder, plunder and theft

  56. not listed

  57. Fire

  58. Women's work

  59. Men's work

  60. Punishment of young men

  61. Spirits

  62. Terms for parts of the human body

  63. Sorcery

  64. Games

  65. Kalu

  66. Personal characteristics

  67. Totems

  68. Pintara and pinta

  69. Relationship between defacto husbands and wives

  70. Names of plants, animals, birds, fish and humans

  71. The earth

  72. The soul

  73. Thunder and lightening

  74. Dream/s

  75. Tindale Tribes: Dieri.
CreatorRev. Johann Georg Reuther
ControlAA 266/25/9/1-2
Date Range1976  -  1976
Quantity 2cm,   174   pages, 35.5cm x 25.0cm copy and A4
FormatsPhotocopied Documents
Series AA266/25
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