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Contests by Fire; Baking - Fire and Ovens
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 notes on Laguna contest myths reference Flint Wing, Spider Woman, pitch-made vest, freezing and throwing contests; Laguna C 122 is a variant with a wax vest. Also cites Charles F. Lummis, 'Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories,' p. 91 - Isleta with notation 'no test, ogre story (twins).' Cites Matilda Coxe…
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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 on Laguna contest myths reference Flint Wing, Spider Woman, pitch-made vest, freezing and throwing contests; Laguna C 122 is a variant with a wax vest. Also cites Charles F. Lummis, 'Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories,' p. 91 - Isleta with notation 'no test, ogre story (twins).' Cites Matilda Coxe Stevenson, 'The Sia' ('Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology,' Vol. 11), p. 49 with notation 'no test, ogre story (twins) substitute…
Handwritten notes on Laguna contest myths reference Flint Wing, Spider Woman, pitch-made vest, freezing and throwing contests; Laguna C 122 is a variant with a wax vest. Also cites Charles F. Lummis, 'Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories,' p. 91 - Isleta with notation 'no test, ogre story (twins).' Cites Matilda Coxe Stevenson, 'The Sia' ('Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology,' Vol. 11), p. 49 with notation 'no test, ogre story (twins) substitute excrement.' 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
Zia, Southern Tiwa, Western Keres
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Contests Continued, Defeat
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
Two undated half-pages, typed and hand-written, headed "Contests Continued, Defeat," contain bibliographical references to a common myth subject, as told by tribes including the Laguna, Cochiti and Sia.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
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Two undated half-pages, typed and hand-written, headed "Contests Continued, Defeat," contain bibliographical references to a common myth subject, as told by tribes including the Laguna, Cochiti and Sia.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Myths and legends, Zia, Cochiti, Western Keres
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(Contests continued, Race) and Flood
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
An undated half-page, typed and hand-written, headed "(Contests continued, Race) and Flood" contains bibliographical references to common myth themes including a race around the edge of the world, as told by the Zuni, Hopi and Tewa tribes.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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An undated half-page, typed and hand-written, headed "(Contests continued, Race) and Flood" contains bibliographical references to common myth themes including a race around the edge of the world, as told by the Zuni, Hopi and Tewa tribes.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Myths and legends, Western Keres
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Contests Escape
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
An undated, typewritten half-page, headed "Contests - Escape," contains a table of variations on common myth themes, including competition and freeing captives, as told by the Zuni, Hopi, Tewa and other people.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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An undated, typewritten half-page, headed "Contests - Escape," contains a table of variations on common myth themes, including competition and freeing captives, as told by the Zuni, Hopi, Tewa and other people.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Myths and legends, Tewa, Western Keres, Hopi, Zuni
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Contests -- Magic
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 "Contests -- magic," contain information about Zuni myths having this theme. The notes speak of "Shumaekoli contest" with "big god." Shumaekoli wins. Explanation of "big god's" small eyes is mask.
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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 "Contests -- magic," contain information about Zuni myths having this theme. The notes speak of "Shumaekoli contest" with "big god." Shumaekoli wins. Explanation of "big god's" small eyes is mask.
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
Zuni
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Contests (Magic)
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 notes cite
H.R. Voth, 'Traditions of the Hopi' in 'Field Columbian Museum Anthropological Series,' Vol. 8, p. 129: with witches, 'small dangerous arrows' - unharmed, answer with bees - witches cry mercy, kill witches; p. 134: Wealth (for retention of wife by lazy 'patched' husband); p. 136: Hide…
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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 H.R. Voth, 'Traditions of the Hopi' in 'Field Columbian Museum Anthropological Series,' Vol. 8, p. 129: with witches, 'small dangerous arrows' - unharmed, answer with bees - witches cry mercy, kill witches; p. 134: Wealth (for retention of wife by lazy 'patched' husband); p. 136: Hide and seek (seen hiding).
Cochiti [no specific citation]: 'Corn Cob Boy' - to gain chief's daughters by poor boy, wealth in corn etc…
H.R. Voth, 'Traditions of the Hopi' in 'Field Columbian Museum Anthropological Series,' Vol. 8, p. 129: with witches, 'small dangerous arrows' - unharmed, answer with bees - witches cry mercy, kill witches; p. 134: Wealth (for retention of wife by lazy 'patched' husband); p. 136: Hide and seek (seen hiding).
Cochiti [no specific citation]: 'Corn Cob Boy' - to gain chief's daughters by poor boy, wealth in corn etc., long hair, recognition by his child.
Tewa [no specific citation]: 'Hand Mark Boy' (1) Most rabbits, husband kills only one, but on way home more[?] than all; (2) Race - Swallow offers to take on back but can't, hangs on to Swallow's wings; (3) Hunt Mountain Sheep - Man in that mountain sheep i.e. plan to kill, compare Navajo 186 - fetish mountain lion becomes real and kills; (4) Bear (cannibal) - also man, tells him to shoot bear in paw, dies, lives with wife, weeds on hot day, melts, bones become grass, Ice-boy (v. Coyote ...)
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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
Tewa, Cochiti, Hopi
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Contests of Strength
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 references Northern Shoshone contest myths on smoking and gun making. The myths feature the father of whites (Iron Man) and the father of Indians (Wolf). A variant myth includes freezing and taking down the sun. Cites Robert H. Lowie, 'The Northern Shoshone' ('Anthropological Papers of the…
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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 references Northern Shoshone contest myths on smoking and gun making. The myths feature the father of whites (Iron Man) and the father of Indians (Wolf). A variant myth includes freezing and taking down the sun. Cites Robert H. Lowie, 'The Northern Shoshone' ('Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 2), p. 251. 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
Northern Shoshone
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Contests - Scratching
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1930) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten note reads 'Nav. 'Coyote and Wildcat Scratch Each Other' - W[ildcat] doesn't show his claws.' Also cites J. Alden Mason, 'Myths of the Uintah Utes' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 23, p. 305, and Robert H. Lowie, 'The Northern Shoshone' in 'Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of…
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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) (1930) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten note reads 'Nav. 'Coyote and Wildcat Scratch Each Other' - W[ildcat] doesn't show his claws.' Also cites J. Alden Mason, 'Myths of the Uintah Utes' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 23, p. 305, and Robert H. Lowie, 'The Northern Shoshone' in 'Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' p. 258. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Northern Shoshone, Navajo, Ute
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Contests to Save Indians - Games
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 note cites J. Owen Dorsey, 'Nanibozhu in Siouan Mythology' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 5, p. 294, on games of chance to save Indian people. Mentions ꓕↄiwere, Oto, Rabbit, Day, and Day's twelve grandsons. Undated.
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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 note cites J. Owen Dorsey, 'Nanibozhu in Siouan Mythology' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 5, p. 294, on games of chance to save Indian people. Mentions ꓕↄiwere, Oto, Rabbit, Day, and Day's twelve grandsons. 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
Contests and competitions, Oto
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Copulating to Death
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1935) , 1 page(s)
Brief handwritten notes on an unlined note card titled "Copulating to death." Also noted: Tewa, Fire Making Boy, kills Giantess. Undated.
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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) , 1 page(s)
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Brief handwritten notes on an unlined note card titled "Copulating to death." Also noted: Tewa, Fire Making Boy, kills Giantess. Undated.
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
Death, Tewa
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