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Tricking of Mice to Grow Skin
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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) (1934) , 1 page(s)
These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Tricking of Mice to Grow Skin," contain information on a folk tale as related in "Onondaga Tales: II. O-kwen-cha, or Red Paint," W. M. Beauchamp, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 2, p. 268. This is the story of a boy who eludes chase and...
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1934) , 1 page(s)
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Tricks of Rabbit [Escaping] Coyote
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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)
Handwritten notes on an unlined note card titled "Tricks of Rabbit [escaping] coyote," listing various tricks and the American Indian folk tales using this plot element. The tribes listed include the those of Oaxaca [Nahuatl] and the Jicarilla. Includes citations. Undated.
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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Trickster
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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)
Handwritten list of citations includes: Wundt's theory from 'Völkerpsychologie III: Mythus und Religion,' pp. 48, 130 (contrast, emotional, to relieve tension); Robert H. Lowie, 'The Hero-Trickster Discussion' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 22, p. 431 (separation, Omaha; Western Canada, transformers; Zul...
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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Trickster
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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 "Trickster," contain information about characters in American Indian mythology. A citation is given. Among items noted: Rabbit (benefactor) always figures as friend of Indians; his foe is Ictinike, but the two are co-workers. Additional note...
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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Trickster
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 20. Indian Mythology, Ethics -- Notes) (1929) , 1 page(s)
A slip of paper headed 'Trickster' with an illegible word in apparent indigenous text contains outline notes written in black ink on the trickster figure in an unspecified culture. They mention ethical points, such as whether a sense of sin can attach to a supernatural being; and suggest that a certain philosophy...
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 20. Indian Mythology, Ethics -- Notes) (1929) , 1 page(s)
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Trickster
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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)
This undated, hand-written note on the Zuni translates an indigenous word as trickster of Cree and a derivation, "to cheat, deceive," citing: A.F. Chamberlain J15, 62.
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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Trickster Birth
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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 torn, unlined note card, titled "Trickster birth," contain information about a Seneca myth as related in "Seneca Myths and Folk Tales," Arthur Caswell Parker, Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, Vol. 27, p. 105. In this story, brothers go to recover their...
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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Trickster Cycle IV
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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)
Handwritten notes on index card: Revenges (1) Trickster feeds Mink artichoke so that Mink soils the chief's daughter as he is about to marry her. (2) Tied to horse's tail - revenge on Coyote. Trickster gets Mouse to summon Coyote. When horse gets to its master, people untie Coyote, but his mouth just twitches. Le...
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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Trickster Takes Things
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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 "Trickster Takes Things," contain information about folk tales using this theme. A comparison is made to "Der Gescheite Hans," Anmerkungen zu den Kinder und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm, Johannes Bolte and Georg Polívka, Vol. 1, p. 315. A...
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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The Trickster Transformer
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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) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten notes reference Chinook, Tillamook, Klamath, and Kwakiutl. Also mentions Coyote. Note reads: 'Caution - do not look for altruistic motives. Easier for us in a generation where selfish and unselfish do not dominate the moral categories. They would seem ridiculous to the Indian.' Undated.
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1930) , 2 page(s)
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