Spirit-bones

Ancestral embodiment · skeletal continuity

Spirit-bones is a comparative label for the way ancestral continuity may be imagined through the durable physical body, especially bone and descent. It is included to satisfy the requested three-part map but is not presented as a single term or bodily doctrine shared across Aboriginal nations.

Miwi — behind the stomachSpirit-bonesSpirit-bonesTotemic locus

Point 2 of 3 in Aboriginal Miwi — Belly Soul

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

A. P. Elkin, Aboriginal Men of High Degree (scholarly_modern)

Elkin's comparative discussion of initiation, sacred power, healing, and ritual specialists supplies context for ancestral embodiment; it does not prescribe a universal 'spirit-bones' point.

W. E. H. Stanner, On Aboriginal Religion (scholarly_modern)

Stanner's account of Dreaming and ancestral relations supports the ancestry language used here, while the skeletal placement is explicitly an editorial comparative station.

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