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The Boy Who Broke His Vows
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 83], Folder 1. The Boy Who Broke His Vows (TS)) (1931) , 2 page(s)
An undated, typewritten note headed "The Boy Who Broke His Vows" recounts a myth of the Zuni people, including information on punishment for revealing a secret. A footnote indicates that the same informant gave a more detailed account the previous day.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 83], Folder 1. The Boy Who Broke His Vows (TS)) (1931) , 2 page(s)
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An undated, typewritten note headed "The Boy Who Broke His Vows" recounts a myth of the Zuni people, including information on punishment for revealing a secret. A footnote indicates that the same informant gave a more detailed account the previous day.
Date Written / Recorded
1931
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Myths and legends
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The boy who broke his vows
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 83], Folder 1. The Boy Who Broke His Vows (TS)) (1931) , 19 page(s)
Date: Unknown. Interpreter: Flora's sister (ciwannokia) and Flora. Typewritten mythology notes, with handwritten corrections, about the boy who broke his vows. This myth refers to Towa Yalane, Kiuwane, priests of the council, initiations, raising crops, preparing food stores for winter, weaving, prayer-plumes,…
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 83], Folder 1. The Boy Who Broke His Vows (TS)) (1931) , 19 page(s)
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Date: Unknown. Interpreter: Flora's sister (ciwannokia) and Flora. Typewritten mythology notes, with handwritten corrections, about the boy who broke his vows. This myth refers to Towa Yalane, Kiuwane, priests of the council, initiations, raising crops, preparing food stores for winter, weaving, prayer-plumes, Salimobiya, Muhhewa, kivas.
Date Written / Recorded
1931
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Myths and legends
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Branch Wife
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten list of citations include James Teit, 'Traditions of the Lillooet Indians of British Columbia' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 25, pp. 309, 357; James Teit, 'Mythology of the Thompson Indians,' in 'Jesup North Pacific Expedition,' Vol. 8, pp. 222, 316 (Utā’mqt and Nicola); and James Teit, 'The…
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten list of citations include James Teit, 'Traditions of the Lillooet Indians of British Columbia' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 25, pp. 309, 357; James Teit, 'Mythology of the Thompson Indians,' in 'Jesup North Pacific Expedition,' Vol. 8, pp. 222, 316 (Utā’mqt and Nicola); and James Teit, 'The Shuswap,' in 'Jesup North Pacific Expedition,' Vol. 2, p. 652. All having to do with women, childbirth, and men taking pieces of wood…
Handwritten list of citations include James Teit, 'Traditions of the Lillooet Indians of British Columbia' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 25, pp. 309, 357; James Teit, 'Mythology of the Thompson Indians,' in 'Jesup North Pacific Expedition,' Vol. 8, pp. 222, 316 (Utā’mqt and Nicola); and James Teit, 'The Shuswap,' in 'Jesup North Pacific Expedition,' Vol. 2, p. 652. All having to do with women, childbirth, and men taking pieces of wood as wives. Also mentions Fraser Delta. Undated.
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Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Wives, Childbirth, Thompson, Shuswap, Lillooet
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Bremen
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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W.E. Griffis, 'The Mikado's Empire,' p. 491 (cited Cosquin 2, 106): A crab abused by an ape makes friends with a rice-mortar, wasp, asp, and seaweed. They conceal themselves in the ape's house. When the ape returns home and lights the fire to make tea, an egg in the ashes bursts in his…
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten notes cite
Handwritten notes cite W.E. Griffis, 'The Mikado's Empire,' p. 491 (cited Cosquin 2, 106): A crab abused by an ape makes friends with a rice-mortar, wasp, asp, and seaweed. They conceal themselves in the ape's house. When the ape returns home and lights the fire to make tea, an egg in the ashes bursts in his face. The wasp stings him as he runs to the closet for water. His foot slips on the seaweed and the mortar crushes him. (A.B. Mitford, …
W.E. Griffis, 'The Mikado's Empire,' p. 491 (cited Cosquin 2, 106): A crab abused by an ape makes friends with a rice-mortar, wasp, asp, and seaweed. They conceal themselves in the ape's house. When the ape returns home and lights the fire to make tea, an egg in the ashes bursts in his face. The wasp stings him as he runs to the closet for water. His foot slips on the seaweed and the mortar crushes him. (A.B. Mitford, 'Tales of Old Japan,' pp. 71, 264, for illustrations.)
Louisa McDermott, 'Folk-Lore of the Flathead Indians of Idaho: Adventures of Coyote' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 14, p. 248: [Coyote pretends] to be dead and is thrown in wagon. Coyote and Wolf agree to [enlist others to fight with them and] fight 'like two tribes.' Coyote gets Dog and Cat. Wolf gets Bear and Bore [sic]. Wolf etc. get to place first, but Coyote comes and kills all his enemies.
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Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Flathead, Japanese
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Bremen
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten note cites W. M. Beauchamp, 'Onondaga Tales' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 6, p. 180: Lame Dog and Cat's tail send Bear into a panic. Undated.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten note cites W. M. Beauchamp, 'Onondaga Tales' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 6, p. 180: Lame Dog and Cat's tail send Bear into a panic. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Onondaga
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Bremen Town Musicians
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Bremen Town Musicians," contain citations for other folk tales having a similar plot of a dog, cat, donkey, and rooster driving the master out of the house. Citations include "Anmerkungen zu den Kinder und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm," …
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
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These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Bremen Town Musicians," contain citations for other folk tales having a similar plot of a dog, cat, donkey, and rooster driving the master out of the house. Citations include "Anmerkungen zu den Kinder und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm," Johannes Bolte and Georg Polívka; and "Folk-Tales of Andros Island, Bahamas," Elsie Clews Parsons, Memoirs of the American Folk-lore…
These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Bremen Town Musicians," contain citations for other folk tales having a similar plot of a dog, cat, donkey, and rooster driving the master out of the house. Citations include "Anmerkungen zu den Kinder und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm," Johannes Bolte and Georg Polívka; and "Folk-Tales of Andros Island, Bahamas," Elsie Clews Parsons, Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society, Vol. 13, p. 135. Also noted: Cape Verde.
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Date Written / Recorded
1922
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Bahamians, Germans, Cape Verdeans
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Bride Search
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
Typewritten note references Crow's Tower, iron shoes, smell of human flesh, directions from the winds, and a girl who captures the largest crow, which is transformed into her lover. Story is found in Consiglieri Pedroso, 'Portuguese Folk-Tales' (1882), page 107. Undated.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
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Typewritten note references Crow's Tower, iron shoes, smell of human flesh, directions from the winds, and a girl who captures the largest crow, which is transformed into her lover. Story is found in Consiglieri Pedroso, 'Portuguese Folk-Tales' (1882), page 107. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1922
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Portuguese
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Bride Wager Type
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
These typewritten, undated research notes on a lined note card, titled "Bride wager type," contain a list of tests used in this folk tale type. "1. Answering series of riddles, 2. Performing several tasks, 3. Fighting with monster, 4. Making her laugh, 5. Discovering a secret."
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
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These typewritten, undated research notes on a lined note card, titled "Bride wager type," contain a list of tests used in this folk tale type. "1. Answering series of riddles, 2. Performing several tasks, 3. Fighting with monster, 4. Making her laugh, 5. Discovering a secret."
Date Written / Recorded
1922
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
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Brief Essay on Myth and Custom
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 20. Indian Mythology, Ethics -- Notes) (1929) , 1 page(s)
A page of legal paper contains a brief, hand-written manuscript on the role of myths in explaining and sanctioning traditional customs. It notes the myth, common among Southwestern American Indian tribes, of a girl who becomes pregnant. She abandons her baby, who is found and raised by antelope or deer, and who…
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 20. Indian Mythology, Ethics -- Notes) (1929) , 1 page(s)
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A page of legal paper contains a brief, hand-written manuscript on the role of myths in explaining and sanctioning traditional customs. It notes the myth, common among Southwestern American Indian tribes, of a girl who becomes pregnant. She abandons her baby, who is found and raised by antelope or deer, and who eventually returns to her people with the animal's magic. Benedict imagines a native storyteller concluding, 'And that is why unmarried…
A page of legal paper contains a brief, hand-written manuscript on the role of myths in explaining and sanctioning traditional customs. It notes the myth, common among Southwestern American Indian tribes, of a girl who becomes pregnant. She abandons her baby, who is found and raised by antelope or deer, and who eventually returns to her people with the animal's magic. Benedict imagines a native storyteller concluding, 'And that is why unmarried girls always try to conceal it if they become pregnant.' Benedict notes asking local girls about this story, who exclaim, 'Do you know this girl, too?' as if she were a real person.
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Date Written / Recorded
1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Myths and legends, Morality, American Indians
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Brief Notes
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1935) , 2 page(s)
Brief, undated notes on the front and back of a torn piece of paper. The front side contains a citation for a Laguna [Western Keres] folk tale related in "Spanish Tales from Laguna and Zuñi, N. Mex," Elsie Clews Parsons and Franz Boas, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 33, p. 66.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1935) , 2 page(s)
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Brief, undated notes on the front and back of a torn piece of paper. The front side contains a citation for a Laguna [Western Keres] folk tale related in "Spanish Tales from Laguna and Zuñi, N. Mex," Elsie Clews Parsons and Franz Boas, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 33, p. 66.
Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Western Keres, Zuni
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