TYPE: Animistic spirits
ORIGIN: Australian Aboriginal
INFORMATION:
Malevolent beings who conceal themselves in undergrowth and rock crevices and manifest as animals and birds, including eagles, crows, owls, kangaroos and emus. Kutji are considered to have taken over wild creatures if their behavior assumes unfamiliar patterns. Only Shamans may contain the influence of these spirits. Otherwise, they possess the potential to inflict disease and death on to human beings.