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C... Hare
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 on the Tepecanos cites J. Alden Mason and Aurelio M. Espinosa, 'Folk-Tales of the Tepecanos' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 27, p. 188. Additional notation: 'combination of fox-helper and Iron John.' 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 on the Tepecanos cites J. Alden Mason and Aurelio M. Espinosa, 'Folk-Tales of the Tepecanos' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 27, p. 188. Additional notation: 'combination of fox-helper and Iron John.' 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
Southwestern Tepehuan
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C- & snake
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
This undated, hand-written note on the Zuni recounts a myth and contains information on: Coyote, coils, tricks, pollen, head, tongue, tail, fire.
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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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This undated, hand-written note on the Zuni recounts a myth and contains information on: Coyote, coils, tricks, pollen, head, tongue, tail, fire.
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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Cactus drinking
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 80], Folder 5. Pima Mythology - Notes) (1927) , 3 page(s)
This is a set of handwritten notes on the topic of cactus drinking in relation to a harvest festival.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 80], Folder 5. Pima Mythology - Notes) (1927) , 3 page(s)
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This is a set of handwritten notes on the topic of cactus drinking in relation to a harvest festival.
Date Written / Recorded
1927
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Myths and legends, Pima
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Calumniated Wife
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 very brief, handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card contain only the title "Calumniated Wife."
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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 very brief, handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card contain only the title "Calumniated Wife."
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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Cannibal Dish Refused
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 "Cannibal dish refused." Also noted: Old Man Owl's, 2 girls, skull. 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 unlined note card titled "Cannibal dish refused." Also noted: Old Man Owl's, 2 girls, skull. 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
Topic / Theme
Cannibalism, Northern Shoshone
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Cannibal Eagle, ccont. Descent of Cliff.
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 "Cannibal Eagle, cont. - Descent of Cliff," contains bibliographical references to common myth themes and figures, as told by the Zuni,Sia, Cochiti 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 half-page, typed and hand-written, headed "Cannibal Eagle, cont. - Descent of Cliff," contains bibliographical references to common myth themes and figures, as told by the Zuni,Sia, Cochiti 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, Cochiti, Zia, Zuni
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Cannibal Escape
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. 284: Man falls in with a bad man (Snake) who has a heap of bones of men he has killed. An old woman tells him to kill her and gives him magic moccasins. Snake Man follows him as a snake…
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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. 284: Man falls in with a bad man (Snake) who has a heap of bones of men he has killed. An old woman tells him to kill her and gives him magic moccasins. Snake Man follows him as a snake. Becomes fish and gives false directions. Becomes eddy and drowns snake. 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
Ponca
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Cannibal Sun
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 Robert Lowie, 'Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians' in 'Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 25, p. 157, on a visit to the house of the Sun. 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 Robert Lowie, 'Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians' in 'Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 25, p. 157, on a visit to the house of the Sun. 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
Crow
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Cannibalistic Incidents
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 "Cannibalistic incidents" (with "F[ather] accuses ch[ildren] of eating mother" also noted) contain information from two myths, as related in "No-Tongue, a Mandan Tale," George F. Will, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 26, pp. 331-337; and…
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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 "Cannibalistic incidents" (with "F[ather] accuses ch[ildren] of eating mother" also noted) contain information from two myths, as related in "No-Tongue, a Mandan Tale," George F. Will, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 26, pp. 331-337; and "Arapaho Tales," H. R. Voth, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 25, p. 48.
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
Cannibalism, Arapaho, Mandan
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Cannibalistic Incidents
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 "Cannibalistic incidents" (with "Fratricidal" as the original title but crossed out) contain information about folk tales from Central Sierra Miwok, Moapa [Southern Paiute], Jicarilla, Navajo, and Northern Shoshone…
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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 "Cannibalistic incidents" (with "Fratricidal" as the original title but crossed out) contain information about folk tales from Central Sierra Miwok, Moapa [Southern Paiute], Jicarilla, Navajo, and Northern Shoshone Indians, and African Americans. The Central Sierra Miwok tale is related in "Miwok Myths," Edward Winslow Gifford, University of California…
These handwritten, undated research notes on the front and back of a lined note card, titled "Cannibalistic incidents" (with "Fratricidal" as the original title but crossed out) contain information about folk tales from Central Sierra Miwok, Moapa [Southern Paiute], Jicarilla, Navajo, and Northern Shoshone Indians, and African Americans. The Central Sierra Miwok tale is related in "Miwok Myths," Edward Winslow Gifford, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 12, p. 298. In this story, the brothers of a cannibal giant eat his flesh unwittingly. Additional citations are included. Also noted:
Buzzard, eagle, monster, father served children's flesh by stepmother.
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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
Cannibalism, African Americans, Northern Shoshone, Navajo, Jicarilla, Southern Paiute, Central Sierra Miwok
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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