ORIGIN: Australian Aboriginal - Bimbinga
TYPE: Animistic Spirit
INFORMATION: Invoked at the ceremony of initiation by the Bimbinga people once living on the west side of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Katajalina is reputed to live in an anthill and to carry off the spirit of the young initiate, kill him and then restore him to life as an adult. His presence is announced in the noise of the Bull-roarer.