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Huron folk-lore: II. the story of Tijaiha, the sorcerer
Journal of American folk-lore • 2 (7) • Published In 1889 • Pages: 249-254
By: Hale, Horatio.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article relates a story about how a young warrior becomes a sorcerer. As soon as the story's protagonist finds his power of sorcery, he accidently kills his mother-in-law and seeks refuge among the Iroquois, where he becomes a war-chief and leads a raid against the Huron.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Verbal arts
- Sorcery
- Texts translated into english
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Huron/Wendat
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1872-1874
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1872-1874
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Amherstburg (Anderdon), Essex County, Ontario, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Horatio Hale
- Kraus Reprint Co., 1979
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028737
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wyandot Indians