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After-birth Produces Child
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 on a monster born of afterbirth blood includes citation. 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 on a monster born of afterbirth blood includes citation. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
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Akan Ashanti Tales
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 right side of folded unlined paper, titled "Akan Ashanti Tales." Notes compare this myth to "Grandmother's Head." Also noted: spirits, "his head will fall off," "rainbow is Sky god's promise," "good girl and bad." 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 right side of folded unlined paper, titled "Akan Ashanti Tales." Notes compare this myth to "Grandmother's Head." Also noted: spirits, "his head will fall off," "rainbow is Sky god's promise," "good girl and bad." 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
Ashanti, Akan
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Akan Ashanti Tales
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 paper titled "Akan Ashanti Tales," re: folk tales from Ghana [likely from "Akan-Ashanti Folk-Tales" by R. S. Rattray (1930)]. Multiple stories are summarized. Some citations are given. 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 paper titled "Akan Ashanti Tales," re: folk tales from Ghana [likely from "Akan-Ashanti Folk-Tales" by R. S. Rattray (1930)]. Multiple stories are summarized. Some citations are given. 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
Ashanti, Akan
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Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell
in Who's Who in Colored America (New York, N.Y.: Who's Who in Colored America Corp., 1927) (New York, NY: Who's Who in Colored America Corp., 1927), 1 page(s)
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in Who's Who in Colored America (New York, N.Y.: Who's Who in Colored America Corp., 1927) (New York, NY: Who's Who in Colored America Corp., 1927), 1 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements in the United States,1600-2000
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Biography
Date Published / Released
1927
Publisher
Who's Who in Colored America Corp.
Person Discussed
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, 1898-1989
Topic / Theme
Biographies, Suffragists, Political and Human Rights, Suffrage
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All at One Shot
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 "All at One Shot," contain information about a folk tale of the American Indians of New Mexico, as related in "New-Mexican Spanish Folk-Lore," Aurelio M. Espinosa, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 27, p. 143. In this story, a hunter sees m...
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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 "All at One Shot," contain information about a folk tale of the American Indians of New Mexico, as related in "New-Mexican Spanish Folk-Lore," Aurelio M. Espinosa, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 27, p. 143. In this story, a hunter sees many deer at a lake drinking. Thinking how he can kill them all, he bends the barrel of his gun into a semicircle. The bullet circles th...
These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "All at One Shot," contain information about a folk tale of the American Indians of New Mexico, as related in "New-Mexican Spanish Folk-Lore," Aurelio M. Espinosa, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 27, p. 143. In this story, a hunter sees many deer at a lake drinking. Thinking how he can kill them all, he bends the barrel of his gun into a semicircle. The bullet circles the lake and kills them all.
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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
Hunting, American Indians, Mexicans
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All at One Strike
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 James Teit, 'Traditions of the Lillooet Indians of British Columbia' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 25, p. 308, on instructions to Coyote's son in the upper world. Also cites Stephen Return Riggs, 'Dakota Grammar, Texts, and Ethnography' in 'Contributions to North American Ethnology...
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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 James Teit, 'Traditions of the Lillooet Indians of British Columbia' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 25, p. 308, on instructions to Coyote's son in the upper world. Also cites Stephen Return Riggs, 'Dakota Grammar, Texts, and Ethnography' in 'Contributions to North American Ethnology,' Vol. 9, p. 101, on Badger killing a herd of buffalo with one arrow. 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
Honesty, Dakota, Lillooet
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All at One Stroke - Arrow
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 James Teit, 'Traditions of the Lillooet Indians of British Columbia' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 25, p. 308. Also mentions Ute 'council of animals'; Moapa 'bat'; wolf, coyote, and mountain lion; and cleansing[?]. 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 James Teit, 'Traditions of the Lillooet Indians of British Columbia' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 25, p. 308. Also mentions Ute 'council of animals'; Moapa 'bat'; wolf, coyote, and mountain lion; and cleansing[?]. 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
Ute
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All at One Stroke - Knife
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 from Moapa region [Southern Paiute?] myth on Cünā’wabi’s grandson braiding together the hair of all the women then killing them. Also mentions Buzzard and his son-in-law, his wives; arrow; and axe. 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 from Moapa region [Southern Paiute?] myth on Cünā’wabi’s grandson braiding together the hair of all the women then killing them. Also mentions Buzzard and his son-in-law, his wives; arrow; and axe. 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
Murder
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All listed
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten citation notes written on an unlined white paper with the phrase, 'All listed.' Paper includes some light writing markings- possibly notes from the opposite side of the paper.
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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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Handwritten citation notes written on an unlined white paper with the phrase, 'All listed.' Paper includes some light writing markings- possibly notes from the opposite side of the paper.
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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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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All with One Arrow
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1930) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten note on index card cites C. Hart Merriam, 'The Dawn of the World,' p. 116, on Southern Miwok myth of Skunk, who hunted with his son-in-law Gray Fox. Skunk drives the deer toward Gray Fox with his scent; Gray Fox kills them all with one arrow. Skunk insists on being carried home and eats all the meat. P...
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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) (1930) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten note on index card cites C. Hart Merriam, 'The Dawn of the World,' p. 116, on Southern Miwok myth of Skunk, who hunted with his son-in-law Gray Fox. Skunk drives the deer toward Gray Fox with his scent; Gray Fox kills them all with one arrow. Skunk insists on being carried home and eats all the meat. People are afraid to kill him because his odor would kill them. Badger carves a great hole and builds a fire in it. They invite Skunk to...
Handwritten note on index card cites C. Hart Merriam, 'The Dawn of the World,' p. 116, on Southern Miwok myth of Skunk, who hunted with his son-in-law Gray Fox. Skunk drives the deer toward Gray Fox with his scent; Gray Fox kills them all with one arrow. Skunk insists on being carried home and eats all the meat. People are afraid to kill him because his odor would kill them. Badger carves a great hole and builds a fire in it. They invite Skunk to dance. Skunk falls in the hole, which is covered with a great rock. His scent raises mountains from the ground. He dies.
Also cites S.A. Barrett, 'Myths of the Southern Sierra Miwok' in 'University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology,' Vol. 6, on same myth in 'The Six Peoplings of the World' (4th peopling).
Also mentions Northern Miwok, Tu'leyome, 200 with one stone, sling.
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Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Hunting, Northern Sierra Miwok, Southern Sierra Miwok
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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