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Myths of the Uintah Utes
Journal of American folk-lore • 23 • Published In 1963 • Pages: 299-363
By: Mason, John Alden.
Abstract
Mason presents thirty myths of the Uintah Utes. In this collection, 'animal stories are conspicious by their frequency, and cosmogonical myths by their practical absence…' (p. 219). The principal character, as trickster, transformer, dupe, or culture-hero, is Coyote.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Delgra Childs; 1980
- Field Date
- 1909
- Coverage Date
- 1909-1910
- Coverage Place
- Uintah Indian Reservation, White Rock, Utah, United States
- Notes
- By J. Alden Mason
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 17028737
- LCSH
- Ute Indians