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Myths of the Jicarilla Apaches
Journal of American folk-lore • 11 • Published In 1898 • Pages: 253-271
By: Russell, Frank.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents texts of Jicarilla myths on the following subjects: origin of the Apaches, Death of the Great Elk, origin of animals, origin of fire, origin and destruction of the Bear, Fox, and Porcupine, Fox and Wildcat, Fox and Deer, Fox and Kingfisher, Fox and Mountain Lion, Fox and Rabbit, two blind old women, Beaver and old man, and the old beggar.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural participation
- Literary texts
- Verbal arts
- Mythology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Jicarilla Apache
- 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
- M. A. Marcus ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1898
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1897
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Jicarilla Apache Reservation; New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank Russell
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028737
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jicarilla Indians