Book
Eight Tarascan legends
[s.n.] • (3) • Published In 1958 • Pages: viii, 36 , 3 plates
By: Boyd, Maurice.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a compilation of eight Tarascan legends and myths reflecting on Tarascan origins, traditional history, and post-Conquest social changes.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Location
- Traditional history
- History
- Water supply
- Literary texts
- Executive household
- External relations
- Mythology
- Revelation and divination
- Ethnogeography
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tarascans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2024
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gilbert Winer ; 1967
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1300-1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central-northern Michoacán, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Maurice Boyd
- Legends were collected from individuals living in Morelia, Copula, San Gerónimo, Cuitzeo, and Tzintzuntzan.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 58009839
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tarasco Indians--Folklore
- Indians of Mexico