Pitcairn Islands · Folktales and oral traditions
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Pitcairn Islands
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Around Pulau on Pitcairn, a warning told to people walking home after dark links a headless spirit to a particular valley. This entry draws on a warning heard during fieldwork in 1999 and published in 2016.
Tales in the Atlas
The Headless Spirit of Pulau
1999 · Martin Gibbs / David Roe · Australian Folklore 31 (2016), p. 187 · 1999 fieldwork
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