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Creation
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)
Handwritten notes on a lined note card titled "Creation," comparing creation myths from Ute, Biblical, and Northern Shoshone sources. A citation is given for "The Northern Shoshone," Robert H. Lowie, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 2, Part 2, p. 236, which is a myth about…
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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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Handwritten notes on a lined note card titled "Creation," comparing creation myths from Ute, Biblical, and Northern Shoshone sources. A citation is given for "The Northern Shoshone," Robert H. Lowie, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 2, Part 2, p. 236, which is a myth about Coyote creating the Shoshone people.
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
Northern Shoshone, Ute
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Creation and History of the Whites During the Mythological Period
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 16. Southwest Notes) (1924) , 3 page(s)
Three duplicates of a single page of notes, with the same minor hand-editing added to each, discuss how the existence of Europeans is incorporated into Hopi creation myths. The first is noted as being a 'marplot incident' - one who frustrates or ruins a plan by meddling. It describes the creating of Spaniards,…
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 16. Southwest Notes) (1924) , 3 page(s)
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Three duplicates of a single page of notes, with the same minor hand-editing added to each, discuss how the existence of Europeans is incorporated into Hopi creation myths. The first is noted as being a 'marplot incident' - one who frustrates or ruins a plan by meddling. It describes the creating of Spaniards, their language and burros by Spider Woman, in the same way as she had heard the Hopi were created by Hard-Being-Woman-of-the-East. The…
Three duplicates of a single page of notes, with the same minor hand-editing added to each, discuss how the existence of Europeans is incorporated into Hopi creation myths. The first is noted as being a 'marplot incident' - one who frustrates or ruins a plan by meddling. It describes the creating of Spaniards, their language and burros by Spider Woman, in the same way as she had heard the Hopi were created by Hard-Being-Woman-of-the-East. The second describe a visit by Spaniards to Hard-Being-Woman, who destroys their guns and obtains a promise of goodwill toward the Hopi. A shorthand note refers to 'Traditions of the Hopi' by H.R. Voth, 1905, and sets their origin as the Oraibi Pueblo.
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Date Written / Recorded
1924
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Racial groupings, Creationism, Spanish, Hopi
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Creation - Apache, San Carlos XXIV and Twins
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten notes detail San Carlos Apache creation myths from Pliny Earle Goddard, Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache (Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 24), pp. 4-19. Keywords include: primordial beings; Black Metal Old Man; Whirlwind; five pillars; vessel of…
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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) , 2 page(s)
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Handwritten notes detail San Carlos Apache creation myths from Pliny Earle Goddard, Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache (Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 24), pp. 4-19. Keywords include: primordial beings; Black Metal Old Man; Whirlwind; five pillars; vessel of turquoise; seeks pregnancy; Black Sun; tests; Flint; Blue Fox and Yellow Snake; obsidian club; He-Who-Kills-by-Looking; mirage; black-tailed…
Handwritten notes detail San Carlos Apache creation myths from Pliny Earle Goddard, Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache (Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 24), pp. 4-19. Keywords include: primordial beings; Black Metal Old Man; Whirlwind; five pillars; vessel of turquoise; seeks pregnancy; Black Sun; tests; Flint; Blue Fox and Yellow Snake; obsidian club; He-Who-Kills-by-Looking; mirage; black-tailed deer; cannibal; Antelope and Badger; Burrowing Man; tunnels; war coat; taboo; Eagle; Naiyenezgani marries daughter of Old Man Owl; abduction; gambling. Undated.
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Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
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Research notes
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Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
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Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Apaches
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Creation -- Cheyenne
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)
Handwritten notes on the front and back of an unlined note card titled "Creation -- Cheyenne." A citation is given for "The Cheyenne. I. Ceremonial Organization," George A. Dorsey, Publications of the Field Columbian Museum: Anthropological Series, Vol. 9, p. 34. This is the story of Great Medicine creating all…
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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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Handwritten notes on the front and back of an unlined note card titled "Creation -- Cheyenne." A citation is given for "The Cheyenne. I. Ceremonial Organization," George A. Dorsey, Publications of the Field Columbian Museum: Anthropological Series, Vol. 9, p. 34. This is the story of Great Medicine creating all things: the earth and all people. 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
Cheyenne
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Creation -- Diegueño
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)
Handwritten notes on a lined note card titled "Creation -- Diegueño," re: origin myths of the Diegueño [Kumiai] Indians. A citation is given for "The Religious Practices of the Diegueño Indians," T. T. Waterman, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 8, pp. 338-339. In…
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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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Handwritten notes on a lined note card titled "Creation -- Diegueño," re: origin myths of the Diegueño [Kumiai] Indians. A citation is given for "The Religious Practices of the Diegueño Indians," T. T. Waterman, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 8, pp. 338-339. In this creation myth, Tcaipakomat creates land, birds, the moon, and the sun. He makes the first man, and creates the first woman from the…
Handwritten notes on a lined note card titled "Creation -- Diegueño," re: origin myths of the Diegueño [Kumiai] Indians. A citation is given for "The Religious Practices of the Diegueño Indians," T. T. Waterman, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 8, pp. 338-339. In this creation myth, Tcaipakomat creates land, birds, the moon, and the sun. He makes the first man, and creates the first woman from the man's rib. A great snake in the ocean, Maihaiowit, holds all arts inside his body. The people send a man out to Maihaiowit to have him teach them how to dance for a ceremony. Undated.
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Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
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Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Kumiai
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Creation from Feathers
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 on index card cites C. Hart Merriam, 'The Dawn of the World':
p. 83, Northern Miwok: Coyote-Man plays dead to catch Turkey-Buzzard, Raven, and Crow, and Falcon helps him. Later they place three feathers at each site of a desired settlement - one for the Chief, one for the Woman Chief, and one…
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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 on index card cites C. Hart Merriam, 'The Dawn of the World':
Handwritten note on index card cites C. Hart Merriam, 'The Dawn of the World': p. 83, Northern Miwok: Coyote-Man plays dead to catch Turkey-Buzzard, Raven, and Crow, and Falcon helps him. Later they place three feathers at each site of a desired settlement - one for the Chief, one for the Woman Chief, and one for the Poor.
p. 148, Tu'leyome: One for man, one for woman, Coyote and Falcon after flood qv. Duck's feathers. Also notes…
p. 83, Northern Miwok: Coyote-Man plays dead to catch Turkey-Buzzard, Raven, and Crow, and Falcon helps him. Later they place three feathers at each site of a desired settlement - one for the Chief, one for the Woman Chief, and one for the Poor.
p. 148, Tu'leyome: One for man, one for woman, Coyote and Falcon after flood qv. Duck's feathers. Also notes compare coast Olamentko, p. 158, four sticks placed two and two; hardy people come from hardy sticks; [from weak sticks] 'we are hollow and cannot stand cold.'
p. 163, Southern Miwok: feathers planted and turn into people. Cites same myth from S.A. Barrett, Myths of the 'Southern Sierra Miwok' in University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology,' Vol. 16, p. 18.
Merriam, p. 204, Northern Miwok on coast: Coyote-Man throws feathers into the air (after waters receded from Primeval flood); they are scattered by the wind and become people.
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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
Coast Miwok, Southern Sierra Miwok, Northern Sierra Miwok
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Creation from Moccasin -- Shaman's Revenge
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 a lined note card, titled "Creation from Moccasin -- Shaman's Revenge," contain information about myths of the Laguna [Western Keres] and Ute Indians. A brief citation is given. In the Laguna myth, a medicine woman comes from a distance to cure the chief's daughter…
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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 a lined note card, titled "Creation from Moccasin -- Shaman's Revenge," contain information about myths of the Laguna [Western Keres] and Ute Indians. A brief citation is given. In the Laguna myth, a medicine woman comes from a distance to cure the chief's daughter. She shakes moccasins to create the river, winds, birds, reptiles, and insects. She cures the daughter.
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
Ute, Western Keres
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Creation - Laguna Variant
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten notes on variant Laguna creation myths cite Boas mss. and include the keywords Our Mother; lower world; small island; Thought Woman; spiders appear; circuit of north, south, west, east; create people; mermaid; Old Fire Woman; white world; emergence creates man on top; Korana[?] shamans make prayer…
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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) , 2 page(s)
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Handwritten notes on variant Laguna creation myths cite Boas mss. and include the keywords Our Mother; lower world; small island; Thought Woman; spiders appear; circuit of north, south, west, east; create people; mermaid; Old Fire Woman; white world; emergence creates man on top; Korana[?] shamans make prayer stick; head man Ci'k'ani. 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
Western Keres
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Creation -- Luiseno
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)
Handwritten notes on the front and back of a lined note card titled "Creation -- Luiseno." A citation is given for "Religion of the Luiseño Indians of Southern California," Constance Goddard DuBois, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 8, pp. 129-143. In this origin…
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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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Handwritten notes on the front and back of a lined note card titled "Creation -- Luiseno." A citation is given for "Religion of the Luiseño Indians of Southern California," Constance Goddard DuBois, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 8, pp. 129-143. In this origin myth, there are two beings, and they quarrel about who is older. They mate, and he goes on to become the sky. She gives birth to the…
Handwritten notes on the front and back of a lined note card titled "Creation -- Luiseno." A citation is given for "Religion of the Luiseño Indians of Southern California," Constance Goddard DuBois, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 8, pp. 129-143. In this origin myth, there are two beings, and they quarrel about who is older. They mate, and he goes on to become the sky. She gives birth to the first people and all created things. Ouiot sees Frog in the water, and that she is ugly, and Frog plans to kill him. Ouiot is doctored but dies. He returns as the new moon. A variant of this myth begins on p. 138. Undated.
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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
Luiseño
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Creation -- Moapa
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)
These handwritten, undated research notes on the front and back of a lined note card, titled "Creation -- Moapa," contain information about a myth of the Moapa [Southern Paiute] Indians. Items noted: old woman, fish beings, primordial water, girl as spy, "Red Sea Crossing," vagina dentata, Pandora test, creation…
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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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These handwritten, undated research notes on the front and back of a lined note card, titled "Creation -- Moapa," contain information about a myth of the Moapa [Southern Paiute] Indians. Items noted: old woman, fish beings, primordial water, girl as spy, "Red Sea Crossing," vagina dentata, Pandora test, creation of sun, origin of sickness.
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
Southern Paiute
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