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Sharpened Elbows
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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)
Handwritten note reads 'Sharpened elbows.' No citation given. Undated.
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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Sharpening His Horns
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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) (1932) , 1 page(s)
An index card contains references to a myth theme of someone sharpening a point, followed by a line reading, 'Dakota v. Preg. Stone.' It is unclear if these are the names of myth characters or of tribes.
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1932) , 1 page(s)
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Sharpening His Horns
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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) (1932) , 1 page(s)
An index card contains references to a myth theme of someone sharpening a point. The primary citations is to James Teit, 'Traditions of the Lillooet Indians of British Columbia' in Journal of American Folk-Lore, Vol. XXV, No. 98, p. 295, 1912. It is accompanied by brief references to nine other tribes.
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1932) , 1 page(s)
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Shave Asleep
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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)
These handwritten, undated research notes on a lined note card, titled "Shave asleep," compare myths of the Ute, Shivwits [Southern Paiute], Western Mono, Acoma, Zuni, and Cheyenne Indians using this theme. The myths involve removing someone's hair (for example, by shaving or plucking) while the person is asleep....
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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Shipap
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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)
These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Shipap," contain information about a Sia myth as related in "The Sia," Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Vol. 11, pp. 70 and 72. This story involves four doors: the first, a snake; the second, a cougar; the t...
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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Shipaulovi - Lowie M.S. [Marriages]
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 4. Southwest Notes) (1930) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten notes pertaining to Robert Lowie's work on the Shipaulovi clans and marriages. Possibly referencing Lowie, 'Notes on Hopi Clans' in 'Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. XXX (1929). Undated.
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 4. Southwest Notes) (1930) , 1 page(s)
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Shorn asleep
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
An undated half-page, typed and hand-written, headed "Shorn asleep," contains bibliographical references to a common myth theme of loss of fur or feathers, as told by the Zuni, Acoma, Isleta and other people.
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Shoshone
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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)
Handwritten note: 'Cp Jataka, a jackal...lion, in the chase thinks he can kill the quarry as well as lion, Virocana Jataka 143.' [Possible reference to Jataka Tales (1916)]. Undated.
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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Shot with Own Arrow
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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) (1932) , 1 page(s)
A slip of paper contains references to a myth theme of an arrow that becomes deadly to its owner, as found in stories of the Jicarilla and Cheyenne. Citations include: 'Jicarilla Apache Texts' by P.E. Goddard, 1911; and a reference to 'Falling-Star' by G.B. Grinnell, Journal of American Folk-Lore, Vol. XXXIV, No....
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1932) , 1 page(s)
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Should Different Types of Methodology in Comparative Legal Research Be Combined into One Method?
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(Latest Thinking, 2017), 13 mins
Comparative law, an important legal method, is becoming ever more relevant in a globalized world. Different methods exist in comparative legal research despite the effort of the discipline to combine them. Whereas the so-called functionalists only look at the written law, the “law as culture”-approach demands...
(Latest Thinking, 2017), 13 mins
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