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Zuni - Schematory Items
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 lined index card headed 'Schematory items' contains brief, written notes on the 12 clans of the Zuni, noting that they are grouped in threes and with reference to the four directions, with a 13th clan in the middle. A shorthand citation in the upper left corner, R.13.368, apparently refers to 'Zuni Creation Myth...
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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 lined index card headed 'Schematory items' contains brief, written notes on the 12 clans of the Zuni, noting that they are grouped in threes and with reference to the four directions, with a 13th clan in the middle. A shorthand citation in the upper left corner, R.13.368, apparently refers to 'Zuni Creation Myths' by Frank Cushing in '13th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92' publish...
A lined index card headed 'Schematory items' contains brief, written notes on the 12 clans of the Zuni, noting that they are grouped in threes and with reference to the four directions, with a 13th clan in the middle. A shorthand citation in the upper left corner, R.13.368, apparently refers to 'Zuni Creation Myths' by Frank Cushing in '13th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92' published 1896. Upside down on the card is an ink stamp reading 'From the Papers of Ruth Benedict.'
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Date Written / Recorded
1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
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Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Clans, Zuni
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Zuni - Stevenson cont.
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 Zuni creation myths cite Matilda Coxe Stevenson, The Zuni Indians (Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vol. 23), pp. 40-57. Keywords include: clan assigned (Dogwood, Raven, Macaw); deserted children (boy and girl) are 'corn people'; adopted as clan; Ashiwi deadly odors; Black Corn peop...
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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 Zuni creation myths cite Matilda Coxe Stevenson, The Zuni Indians (Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vol. 23), pp. 40-57. Keywords include: clan assigned (Dogwood, Raven, Macaw); deserted children (boy and girl) are 'corn people'; adopted as clan; Ashiwi deadly odors; Black Corn people; sing for rain; dances by Ko'ko chief; Pa'yatämu; beast gods; skeleton pursuit; ghost pursuit; twin heroes deceive and kill woman;...
Handwritten notes on Zuni creation myths cite Matilda Coxe Stevenson, The Zuni Indians (Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vol. 23), pp. 40-57. Keywords include: clan assigned (Dogwood, Raven, Macaw); deserted children (boy and girl) are 'corn people'; adopted as clan; Ashiwi deadly odors; Black Corn people; sing for rain; dances by Ko'ko chief; Pa'yatämu; beast gods; skeleton pursuit; ghost pursuit; twin heroes deceive and kill woman; ten tail feathers; famine; searching for Corn Maidens; under Duck's wing; destroyed by conflagration. 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
Zuni
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Áwonawílona Alone with Darkness
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 Zuni creation myths and cite Frank Hamilton Cushing, 'Outlines of Zuni Creation Myths' ('Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology,' Vol. 13), pp. 379-398. Subjects include origins of Earth and sky; origins of clans; ripening the Earth; origins of corn; Áwonawílona becomes Sun; cuticle...
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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 Zuni creation myths and cite Frank Hamilton Cushing, 'Outlines of Zuni Creation Myths' ('Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology,' Vol. 13), pp. 379-398. Subjects include origins of Earth and sky; origins of clans; ripening the Earth; origins of corn; Áwonawílona becomes Sun; cuticle creation. 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
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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