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Sym[bolism]
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 a lined note card, titled "Sym[bolism]," contain information about the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca. This god lost his foot (as god of the setting sun) by closing the doors of the underworld, and it is replaced in many representations by a mirror or a knife.
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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 a lined note card, titled "Sym[bolism]," contain information about the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca. This god lost his foot (as god of the setting sun) by closing the doors of the underworld, and it is replaced in many representations by a mirror or a knife.
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
Deities, Symbolism, Aztecs
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Symipaglades [Symplegades?]
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten citations on obstacles refer to White Mountain Apache, Jicarilla, Seneca, and Caddo among others. 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) , 2 page(s)
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Handwritten citations on obstacles refer to White Mountain Apache, Jicarilla, Seneca, and Caddo among others. 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
Jicarilla, Seneca, Caddo, Western Apache
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Synopses of Folk Tales from Anthropologists' Publications
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 93], Folder 1. Concordance for Shoshone Folklore -- Notes) (1935) , 58 page(s)
Typewritten notes, on unlined paper, later bound, of synopses of American Indian folk tales collected in various anthropologists' publications. Each section is headed by the name of the tribe and a citation of the text. Undated.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 93], Folder 1. Concordance for Shoshone Folklore -- Notes) (1935) , 58 page(s)
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Typewritten notes, on unlined paper, later bound, of synopses of American Indian folk tales collected in various anthropologists' publications. Each section is headed by the name of the tribe and a citation of the text. 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
American Indians
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Synopsis of Zuni Salt Myth
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 13. Southwest Notes) (1924) , 1 page(s)
A slip of paper torn from a larger one contains a brief, hand-written synopsis of the Zuni myth, 'Why Animals do not Eat Salt.'
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 13. Southwest Notes) (1924) , 1 page(s)
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A slip of paper torn from a larger one contains a brief, hand-written synopsis of the Zuni myth, 'Why Animals do not Eat Salt.'
Date Written / Recorded
1924
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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Synopsis: The Religion of the North American Indians
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 87], Folder 3. Religion of the North American Indians, Outline and Synopsis (TS)) (1920) , 5 page(s)
Typewritten five-page synopsis by chapter of 'The Religion of the North American Indians.' Handwritten corrections. Undated.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 87], Folder 3. Religion of the North American Indians, Outline and Synopsis (TS)) (1920) , 5 page(s)
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Typewritten five-page synopsis by chapter of 'The Religion of the North American Indians.' Handwritten corrections. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1920
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Essay
Topic / Theme
Religion, American Indians
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Table Cloth and Cudgel; Magic Wages Lost and Recovered
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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Pliny Earle Goddard, 'San Carlos Apache Myths and Tales' in 'Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 24, p. 75: Son of old woman paid with (1) bread... Sleeps at house of another old woman, who substitutes another loaf of bread. (2) table cloth, ditto. (3) a...
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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 note cites
Pliny Earle Goddard, 'San Carlos Apache Myths and Tales' in 'Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 24, p. 75: Son of old woman paid with (1) bread... Sleeps at house of another old woman, who substitutes another loaf of bread. (2) table cloth, ditto. (3) a hide that did whatever it was told. At the old woman's house, he throws down the hide, a black man jumps from it with a sword and recov...
Handwritten note citesPliny Earle Goddard, 'San Carlos Apache Myths and Tales' in 'Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 24, p. 75: Son of old woman paid with (1) bread... Sleeps at house of another old woman, who substitutes another loaf of bread. (2) table cloth, ditto. (3) a hide that did whatever it was told. At the old woman's house, he throws down the hide, a black man jumps from it with a sword and recovers the bread and table cloth. He is very rich, so the chief decides to hang him. His bride takes the hide to the gallows - lightning kills all the people.
Also cites A. P. and T. E. Penard, 'Surinam Folk-Tales' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 30, p. 245, on oracle for one's own end, i.e. impersonating voice: [An oracle] tells a wife to kill a sheep to feed her husband. (2nd) - marriage so consummated.
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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
Surinamese, Apaches
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Tables Turned
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten note references the Hopi story of the grasshopper turning the tables on the hawk. Story found in 'Traditions of the Hopi' (Field Columbian Museum Anthropological Series, vol. 8, 1905), by H.R. Voth, page 232. Written on the back of letterhead of Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution; un...
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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) , 2 page(s)
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Handwritten note references the Hopi story of the grasshopper turning the tables on the hawk. Story found in 'Traditions of the Hopi' (Field Columbian Museum Anthropological Series, vol. 8, 1905), by H.R. Voth, page 232. Written on the back of letterhead of Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution; undated.
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
Hopi
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Taboo
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten notes on taboos list Assiniboine (kill or eat); Crow (fanciful, no taboo on eating); Hidatsa (guardian spirit); and Penobscot.
Cite Paul Radin, The Clan Organization of the Winnebago. A Preliminary Paper (American Anthropologist, Vol. 12), p. 216.
Additional notation: Wealth as guardian spirit - Thomp...
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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) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten notes on taboos list Assiniboine (kill or eat); Crow (fanciful, no taboo on eating); Hidatsa (guardian spirit); and Penobscot.
Cite Paul Radin, The Clan Organization of the Winnebago. A Preliminary Paper (American Anthropologist, Vol. 12), p. 216.
Additional notation: Wealth as guardian spirit - Thompson.
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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
Thompson, Ho-Chunk, Penobscot, Hidatsa, Crow, Assiniboine
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Taboo
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten note reads 'Taboo - Killing.' Additional notations struck through. Undated.
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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) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten note reads 'Taboo - Killing.' Additional notations struck through. 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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Taboo as Motivation
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten note cites James Owen Dorsey, 'The Ȼegiha Language' in 'Contributions to North American Ethnology,' Vol. 6, p. 322: Starving war party kills giant snake and all but one boy eat it. They become snakes and beg the boy to take them home in a blanket. They have condolence scenes with the village and remov...
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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) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten note cites James Owen Dorsey, 'The Ȼegiha Language' in 'Contributions to North American Ethnology,' Vol. 6, p. 322: Starving war party kills giant snake and all but one boy eat it. They become snakes and beg the boy to take them home in a blanket. They have condolence scenes with the village and remove to dens. 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
Ponca
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