Various kinds of birds embody spirits of the dead in Brazil and Paraguay (Spence, 1920, p. 127) and among the Asabano of Papua New Guinea (Lohmann, 2005, p. 190). The North American Osage describe vari- ous spirit worlds, the highest of which is populated by birds embodying human souls (Beckwith, 1930, p. 387).
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