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The mythology of Kodiak Island, Alaska
Journal of American folk-lore • 51 • Published In 1938 • Pages: 123-172
By: Lantis, Margaret.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this source Lantis compiles and summarizes all the Kodiak myths and tales that she has been able to find. The tales were collected by Lisianky, Holmberg, Pinart, and Golder in the 19th century. She analyzes the stories for motifs and compares these with similar elements from Northwest Coast and Eskimo folklore. She concludes that Kodiak myths share elements with both the Northwest Coast and other Eskimo groups. A table on pages 129-130 is useful for reference as to Lantis' classification of the tales and organization of the paper. Bibliographic footnotes appear at the bottom of the pages, but the complete bibliographic references will be found on pages 170-172.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Comparative evidence
- Literature
- Literary texts
- Ethnogeography
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Alutiiq
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor Swanson ; Heather Fellows ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1805-1905
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kodiak Island, southwestern Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Margaret Lantis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-172)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028737
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Koniagmiut Eskimos