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Abduction
Cites J. Alden Mason, 'Myths of the Uintah Utes' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 23, p. 317 (B...
Cites J. Alden Mason, 'Myths of the Uintah Utes' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 23, p. 317 (Bear shows his strength by throwing down trees when he persuades Mountain Lion's wife to go with him. Mountain Lion kills Bear.)
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Handwritten note includes references to Cochiti MSS (water jar, kicking stick, bear[?] man, grinding test, bird snarer) and to Blue Beard story of man who throws girls on ice to freeze and comes after his child.Cites J. Alden Mason, 'Myths of the Uintah Utes' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 23, p. 317 (Bear shows his strength by throwing down trees when he persuades Mountain Lion's wife to go with him. Mountain Lion kills Bear.)
Note on Ute myth of 'Bear and Mountain Lion' reads 'but bear's season is spring, so he doesn't possess her. Wrestling contest - breaks his back. Takes her home.'
Also cites a Ute myth from Powell, 'Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology,' 47: 'Baby of abducted woman left with grandson v. deserted child v. split in two. Punished by Rattlesnake bites as in Antelope v. [illegible].'
Various notes on Zuni Knife Wing.
Also mentions salty weed, cuticle ball, river of snakes, hedgehogs, gophers, and cut roots.
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