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No Tracks Out
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 brief, handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "No Tracks Out," contain information about a folk tale as related in "Stories from Tuxtepec, Oaxaca," WM. H. Mechling, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 25, p. 203. Also noted: Lion.
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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 brief, handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "No Tracks Out," contain information about a folk tale as related in "Stories from Tuxtepec, Oaxaca," WM. H. Mechling, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 25, p. 203. Also noted: Lion.
Date Written / Recorded
1922
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Person Discussed
William H. Mechling, fl. 1912
Topic / Theme
Zapotec
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Small Animal Crosses River by Means of Large
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)
These handwritten, undated research notes on a lined note card, titled "Small animal crosses river by means of large," compare myths of the Ute, Tewa, and Acoma Indians and the indigenous people of Oaxaca, Mexico, using this theme. In the Ute myth, the animals are Porcupine and Wolf; for the Tewa, they are Porcupi...
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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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These handwritten, undated research notes on a lined note card, titled "Small animal crosses river by means of large," compare myths of the Ute, Tewa, and Acoma Indians and the indigenous people of Oaxaca, Mexico, using this theme. In the Ute myth, the animals are Porcupine and Wolf; for the Tewa, they are Porcupine and Elk. There is a citation for the Acoma myth for "Pueblo-Indian Folk-Tales, Probably of Spanish Provenience," Elsie Clews Parsons...
These handwritten, undated research notes on a lined note card, titled "Small animal crosses river by means of large," compare myths of the Ute, Tewa, and Acoma Indians and the indigenous people of Oaxaca, Mexico, using this theme. In the Ute myth, the animals are Porcupine and Wolf; for the Tewa, they are Porcupine and Elk. There is a citation for the Acoma myth for "Pueblo-Indian Folk-Tales, Probably of Spanish Provenience," Elsie Clews Parsons, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 31, p. 226. An additional citation is for "Notes on Mexican Folk-Lore," Franz Boas, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 25, p. 207, for a myth of the indigenous people of Oaxaca, Mexico. The characters are Rabbit and Alligator.
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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
Acoma, Tewa, Ute
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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