wotjoballuk

Updated: June 14, 2025

In the north there is complete prohibition, sometimes including the totems of a man's father, mother, and father's father. Among the central tribes a man kills his clan totem only for the benefit of other clans, and eats a little of it ceremonially. In the southeast the Dieri, it is said, kill and eat their totems freely, while other tribes, the Wotjoballuk and others, eat them only at a pinch.

Crawford Howell Toy - Introduction to the History of Religions: Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV