The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology
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The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology is a seminal anthropological work analyzing the figure of the trickster in Native American mythologies and its psychological and cultural significance.
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Target entity: The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology Context triple: [Paul Radin, notableWork, The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology]
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Kwakiutl Ethnography
*Kwakiutl Ethnography* is a foundational anthropological work by Franz Boas that provides an extensive, detailed study of the culture, language, and social life of the Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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Handbook of American Indian Languages
The *Handbook of American Indian Languages* is a foundational early 20th-century linguistic work that systematically documents and analyzes numerous Indigenous languages of the Americas.
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The Cherokee Night
The Cherokee Night is a 1932 experimental play by Cherokee playwright Lynn Riggs that explores the disintegration and survival of Cherokee identity in modern America through a series of loosely connected scenes.
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The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Serpent and the Rainbow is a 1988 horror film directed by Wes Craven that blends voodoo folklore with psychological terror, loosely based on Wade Davis’s non-fiction book about Haitian zombification practices.
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Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America
Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America is a foundational anthropological work that systematically maps and analyzes the cultural and environmental regions of Indigenous peoples across North America.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology Target entity description: The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology is a seminal anthropological work analyzing the figure of the trickster in Native American mythologies and its psychological and cultural significance.
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A.
Kwakiutl Ethnography
*Kwakiutl Ethnography* is a foundational anthropological work by Franz Boas that provides an extensive, detailed study of the culture, language, and social life of the Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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B.
Handbook of American Indian Languages
The *Handbook of American Indian Languages* is a foundational early 20th-century linguistic work that systematically documents and analyzes numerous Indigenous languages of the Americas.
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C.
The Cherokee Night
The Cherokee Night is a 1932 experimental play by Cherokee playwright Lynn Riggs that explores the disintegration and survival of Cherokee identity in modern America through a series of loosely connected scenes.
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D.
The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Serpent and the Rainbow is a 1988 horror film directed by Wes Craven that blends voodoo folklore with psychological terror, loosely based on Wade Davis’s non-fiction book about Haitian zombification practices.
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E.
Wakan Tanka
Wakan Tanka is the central sacred power or Great Spirit in Lakota (Sioux) spirituality, encompassing the divine force present in all aspects of the universe.
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Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropological study
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
cultural anthropology
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mythology ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| addresses |
relationship between myth and psychology
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universality and particularity of the trickster motif ⓘ |
| analyzes |
cultural significance of the trickster figure
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psychological significance of the trickster figure ⓘ |
| author | Paul Radin ⓘ |
| concerns |
mythic hero-trickster figures
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oral narrative traditions ⓘ |
| contributor |
Carl Gustav Jung
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linked to:
Carl Jung
Karl Kerényi ⓘ |
| examines |
ambivalence of the trickster as creator and destroyer
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relationship between myth and social norms ⓘ symbolic role of the trickster in Native American cultures ⓘ |
| field |
Native American studies
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anthropology of religion ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Ho-Chunk mythology
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Winnebago trickster cycle ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropology
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mythology studies ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Jungian and post-Jungian interpretations of myth
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later studies of trickster figures in world mythology ⓘ scholarship on Native American religious traditions ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
psychological interpretation of myth
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structural analysis of myth cycles ⓘ |
| includes |
essay by Karl Kerényi
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introduction by Carl Gustav Jung ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Jungian psychology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American Indian religion
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Native American mythology ⓘ cultural anthropology ⓘ mythological archetypes ⓘ trickster archetype ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of ethnographic data with depth psychology
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systematic analysis of the trickster figure in American Indian myth ⓘ |
| settingOfAnalysis | North American Indigenous cultures ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
comparative mythology
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ethnographic analysis ⓘ |
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