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Bear and Deer
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 unlined note card titled "Bear and Deer," with citations regarding myths. Also noted: Shoshone. 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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Handwritten notes on unlined note card titled "Bear and Deer," with citations regarding myths. Also noted: Shoshone. 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
Shoshoni
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Bear and Deer
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 "Bear and Deer" contain references to common myth motifs, including escape across a river and impalement on horns, as told by tribes including the Laguna, Isleta and Hopi.
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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 "Bear and Deer" contain references to common myth motifs, including escape across a river and impalement on horns, as told by tribes including the Laguna, Isleta and Hopi.
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, Hopi, Southern Tiwa, Western Keres
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Bear and Wolf
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, typewritten half-pages, headed "Bear and Wolf: The Friendly Expedition ends in death of deer by wolf" contain two brief references from Gunn to a myth of the Laguna 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) , 2 page(s)
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Two undated, typewritten half-pages, headed "Bear and Wolf: The Friendly Expedition ends in death of deer by wolf" contain two brief references from Gunn to a myth of the Laguna 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, Western Keres
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Bear Children
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 cites Franz Boas, 'Tsimshian Mythology' in 'Report of the American Bureau of Ethnology,' Vol. 31, p. 283: Children knock grandmother down and are ashamed and are sent to father's village by mother, who tells them to 'bring food to me from time to time' and 'assist your uncles' (children of woman…
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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 cites Franz Boas, 'Tsimshian Mythology' in 'Report of the American Bureau of Ethnology,' Vol. 31, p. 283: Children knock grandmother down and are ashamed and are sent to father's village by mother, who tells them to 'bring food to me from time to time' and 'assist your uncles' (children of woman carried away by Bear). 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
Tsimshian
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Bear Disguise = Bear; cp. Magic Flight
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 James Owen Dorsey, 'The Ȼegiha Language' in 'Contributions to North American Ethnology,' Vol. 6, p. 292, 'Bear Girl': Girl has bear paramour, which the village kills. She dresses the skin and, in playing with children, she puts on the skin and rushes at them. She turns into a bear and kills…
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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 James Owen Dorsey, 'The Ȼegiha Language' in 'Contributions to North American Ethnology,' Vol. 6, p. 292, 'Bear Girl': Girl has bear paramour, which the village kills. She dresses the skin and, in playing with children, she puts on the skin and rushes at them. She turns into a bear and kills all but her little sister. Their four brothers return to camp and flee with little sister. Bear pursues and, one after another, the…
Handwritten note cites James Owen Dorsey, 'The Ȼegiha Language' in 'Contributions to North American Ethnology,' Vol. 6, p. 292, 'Bear Girl': Girl has bear paramour, which the village kills. She dresses the skin and, in playing with children, she puts on the skin and rushes at them. She turns into a bear and kills all but her little sister. Their four brothers return to camp and flee with little sister. Bear pursues and, one after another, the brothers create behind them (1) thorns, (2) forest, (3) very sharp thorns like awls. The fourth creation causes the ground to open, and they kill the bear in the chasm. The chasm closes. 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
Ponca
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Bear Disguise to Eat Corn
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 Zuni and Jicarilla Apache myths about bear disguises. Zuni: Elsie Clews Parsons, 'Notes on Zuni' ('Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association,' Vol. 4), p. 309, and Edward L. Handy, 'Zuni Tales' ('Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 31), p. 468. Keywords: witch/witches, bear, corn,…
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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 Zuni and Jicarilla Apache myths about bear disguises. Zuni: Elsie Clews Parsons, 'Notes on Zuni' ('Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association,' Vol. 4), p. 309, and Edward L. Handy, 'Zuni Tales' ('Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 31), p. 468. Keywords: witch/witches, bear, corn, fall in pit, kill. Jicarilla: Pliny Earle Goddard, 'Jicarilla Apache Texts' ('Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural…
Handwritten notes on Zuni and Jicarilla Apache myths about bear disguises. Zuni: Elsie Clews Parsons, 'Notes on Zuni' ('Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association,' Vol. 4), p. 309, and Edward L. Handy, 'Zuni Tales' ('Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 31), p. 468. Keywords: witch/witches, bear, corn, fall in pit, kill. Jicarilla: Pliny Earle Goddard, 'Jicarilla Apache Texts' ('Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 8), p. 212. Keywords: dangerous bear is man in disguise, kill. 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
Jicarilla, Zuni
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Bear disguise to kill
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 nearly blank sheets of Zuñi notes with the note, 'bear disguise to kill' written on the first page and a crossed out 'destruction of villages' on the second page.
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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 nearly blank sheets of Zuñi notes with the note, 'bear disguise to kill' written on the first page and a crossed out 'destruction of villages' on the second page.
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, Zuni
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Bear Wife
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 "Bear Wife," comparing this story among various cultures. Also noted: N. W. C. [Northwest Coast], human wife. Includes citations. 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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Handwritten notes on a lined note card titled "Bear Wife," comparing this story among various cultures. Also noted: N. W. C. [Northwest Coast], human wife. Includes citations. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
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Bear Wife: Man who marries bear-girl is under obligation to plant corn for offspring
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 "Bear Wife: Man who marries bear-girl is under obligation to plant corn for offspring" contain references from Handy, Dumarest, Boas, et al. to a common myth motif, as told by tribes including the Zuni and Cochiti.
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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 "Bear Wife: Man who marries bear-girl is under obligation to plant corn for offspring" contain references from Handy, Dumarest, Boas, et al. to a common myth motif, as told by tribes including the Zuni and Cochiti.
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, Cochiti, Zuni
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Bear Woman
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 citations: Washington Matthews, 'Navaho Legends,' p. 94; and Frank Cushing, 'Zuni Folk Tales,' p. 224. Additional notations: 'ill-smelling cub, not want to eat.' 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 citations: Washington Matthews, 'Navaho Legends,' p. 94; and Frank Cushing, 'Zuni Folk Tales,' p. 224. Additional notations: 'ill-smelling cub, not want to eat.' 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
Zuni, Navajo
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