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The witches were saved: a Zuni origin story
journal of American folk-lore • 10 (401) • Published In 1988 • Pages: 312-320
By: Tedlock, Dennis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the story of two famous witches, Suchiina and Tumahka, transcribed by the author from an oral text by Andrew Peynetsa at the farming hamlet of Nutria, northeast of Zuni, New Mexico, in March 1965. The text, which is scored for oral performance, involves a discussion of the standard punishment of witches in Zuni society and the intervention of the U.S. Army in these internal affairs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Texts translated into english
- Sorcery
- Verbal arts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zuni
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- 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
- John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1897-1898
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nutria, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dennis Tedlock
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 320)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028737
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zuni Indians