In-gnas
The following is taken from an article by W Gregor in Folklore [A Quarterly Review Of Myth, Tradition, Institution & Custom] Vol III (1892). ‘Mr. A. Oldfield, in his account of The Aborigines of Australia, says that the natives believe that every deep muddy pool is inhabited by a Spirit called In-gnas, whose powers for mischief seem particularly active during night. Some such pools they will not enter for any consideration, even in broad daylight. (Transactions of the Ethnological Society, vol. iii, pp. 238, 239. New Series.)’
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