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A Concordance of Southwest Mythology - Introduction, Preface, and Suggestions for Printing

in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 89], Folder 4. Southwest Myth Concordance - Preface) (1900) , 9 page(s)

Date: Unknown. Typewritten essay about Southwest American Indians, their mythology and folklore.

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Southwest Myth Concordance, entries 1-17

in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 89], Folder 5. Southwest Myth Concordance) , 22 page(s)

This 22-page, typewritten document is headed "Incident Index" and contains bibliographical references to publications on various myth elements of the Southwest Native Americans, including "First Beings," "Emergence," "Origin of Death," "Flood."

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Southwest Myth Concordance, entries 18-46

in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 89], Folder 6. Southwest Myth Concordance) , 30 page(s)

This 30-page typewritten document contains entries from the Southwest Myth Concordance by Ruth Benedict and Elsie Clews Parsons. It begins with entry 18, "Creation of white people". There are handwritten editorial markings throughout.

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Southwest Myth Concordance, entries 47-73

in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 89], Folder 7. Southwest Myth Concordance) , 26 page(s)

This 26-page, typewritten document contains bibliographical references to publications on various myth elements of the Southwest Native Americans, including "Decide to die," "God disappears in Earth," "World parents."

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Southwest Myth Concordance, entries 74-75

in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 89], Folder 8. Southwest Myth Concordance) , 2 page(s)

Two typewritten pages, headed "Expansion of earth to accomodate sun" and "Bankrupt Gambler," contain brief bibliographical references to common myth motifs, as told by the Navaho and Apache tribes.

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Southwest Myth Concordance, entries 104-130

in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 89], Folder 9. Southwest Myth Concordance) , 27 page(s)

This 27-page, typewritten document contains bibliographical references to publications on various myth elements of the Southwest Native Americans, including "Pool drinker," "Reuniting halves," "Stone shirt."

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Southwest Myth Concordance, entries 131-170

in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 90], Folder 1. Southwest Myth Concordance) , 41 page(s)

This 41-page typewritten document contains entries from the Southwest Myth Concordance by Ruth Benedict and Elsie Clews Parsons. It begins with entry 131, "Disappearance of the culture hero" and has handwritten editorial notes throughout.

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Southwest Myth Concordance, entries 171-202

in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 90], Folder 2. Southwest Myth Concordance) , 32 page(s)

This 32-page typewritten document contains entries from the Southwest Myth Concordance by Ruth Benedict and Elsie Clews Parsons. It begins with entry 171, "Jackrabbit messenger". There are handwritten editorial markings throughout.

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Southwest Myth Concordance, entries 203-224

in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 90], Folder 3. Southwest Myth Concordance) , 28 page(s)

This 28-page, typewritten document contains bibliographical references to publications on various myth elements of the Southwest Native Americans, including "Protruding hand," "Suitors refused," "Bungling host."

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Southwest Myth Concordance, entries 225-253

in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 90], Folder 4. Southwest Myth Concordance) , 32 page(s)

This 32-page typewritten document contains entries from the Southwest Myth Concordance by Ruth Benedict and Elsie Clews Parsons. It begins with entry 225, "Feigned illness and death (Escape pretexts). There are handwritten editorial markings throughout.

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