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Folk-lore of the Bribri and Brunka Indians in Costa Rica
journal of American folk-lore • 16 • Published In 1903 • Pages: 1-9
By: Pittier, Henri.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is composed primarily of a collection of tales and legends taken from the folklore of the Bribri and Boruca (Brunka). Tales 1-5 of this article are taken from the oral literature of the Bribri, and 6-7 from the Boruca. The first four tales of this collection deal with native religious themes, while the remainder reflect either Christian influences, or deal in anthropomorphized terms with legends relating to the relations between animals and man.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mythology
- Literary texts
- Texts translated into english
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Talamancans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- 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 America
- 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.
- Folklorist
- 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 ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1890-1900
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bribri and Boruca peoples, southern Costa Rica
- NotesAdditional notes
- H. Pittier de Fabrega
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028737
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bribri Indians
- Boruca Indians