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Native myth and modern religion among the Klamath Indians
Journal of American folklore • 65 • Published In 1952 • Pages: 217-226
By: Spencer, Robert F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This brief article is a discussion of the relationship between aboriginal ideas about mythology and religion and how they are integrated with Christian ideas. Kemu'kemps, the Klamath culture hero, essentially a trickster figure similar to Coyote, is frequently associated with the Christian God. However, many feel he is more similar to Satan. Hence there is a confusion about the relationship, but some kind of syncretism is common.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Mythology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Klamath
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Plains and Plateau
- 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.
- Ethnographer
- 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
- Martin Malone ; Marlene Martin ; 1974
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Summers, 1948, 1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1948-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Klamath County, Oregon, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Robert F. Spencer
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028737
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Klamath Indians