by Michelle Scalise Sugiyama | Nov 13, 2020 | North America
“Coyote and Raccoon” Culture: Kahosadi (Shasta) | Narrator: Unidentified | Source: Dixon (1910:35) Entry by Michelle Scalise Sugiyama Story Coyote was going somewhere with some one. He was going to a dance with Coon. They returned to their...
by Michelle Scalise Sugiyama | Nov 13, 2020 | Central & South America
“Legend of the Seven Stars” Culture: Guiana Caribs | Narrator: Unidentified | Source: Roth (1915:262) Entry by Michelle Scalise Sugiyama Story A man having lustful inclination toward his brother’s wife killed his brother while hunting in his...
by aloewens | Nov 13, 2020 | North America
“A Young Man Carries About Fire All Winter” Culture: Dunne-za | Narrator: Ike of Vermilion | Source: Goddard (1916:266) Entry by Asher Loewenstern & Michelle Scalise Sugiyama Story There was a young man who went around alone one winter. He...
by swalsh7 | Nov 13, 2020 | North America
“The Deserted Woman” Culture: Kaska Dena | Narrator: Unidentified | Source: Teit (1917:455) Entry by Sarah Walsh & Michelle Scalise Sugiyama Story A man and his wife were travelling with other people. The woman had a heavy load, and was following...
by Michelle Scalise Sugiyama | Nov 10, 2020 | Animals, Botany, Disease, Encyclopedia, Eurasia, Physical Geography, Plants and Fungi, Topography, Traditional Ecological Knowledge
“About the Old Woman of Swamps” Culture: Ainu | Narrator: Unidentified | Source: Batchelor (1924:59) Entry by Michelle Scalise Sugiyama Story This is the story of the old woman of swamps. The Creator of the world formed sixty mattocks of black stone and...
by Michelle Scalise Sugiyama | Nov 3, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Botany, Encyclopedia, Ethics, Plants and Fungi, Technology, Technology, Zoology
“How the Mantis Gave the Bucks Their Colors” Culture: |Xam | Narrator: Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) | Source: Bleek, Lloyd, & Bleek (1924:10) Entry by Michelle Scalise Sugiyama Story The Gemsbok once ate liquid honey which is white. This is why...
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