The Man to Send Rain Clouds

E147676

short story

"The Man to Send Rain Clouds" is a seminal short story by Leslie Marmon Silko that explores Native American cultural traditions, death, and the intersection of Pueblo beliefs with Catholicism.

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Label	Occurrences
"The Man to Send Rain Clouds"	4
"The Man to Send Rain Clouds" (1969)	1
The Man to Send Rain Clouds canonical	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Man to Send Rain Clouds
Context triple: [Native American Renaissance, hasInfluentialWork, The Man to Send Rain Clouds]

A. House Made of Dawn
House Made of Dawn is a landmark 1968 novel by N. Scott Momaday that helped inaugurate the Native American Renaissance in literature and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
B. Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop is a 1927 historical novel by Willa Cather that follows two Catholic priests establishing a diocese in 19th-century New Mexico, celebrated for its lyrical style and evocation of the American Southwest.
C. The Way to Rainy Mountain
The Way to Rainy Mountain is a seminal work by N. Scott Momaday that blends Kiowa folklore, personal memoir, and historical narrative, and is widely credited with helping launch the Native American Renaissance in literature.
D. Fools Crow
Fools Crow is a critically acclaimed novel by James Welch that powerfully portrays Blackfeet life and history, and is widely regarded as a landmark work of the Native American Renaissance.
E. The Pearl
The Pearl is a novella by John Steinbeck that explores themes of greed, social inequality, and the corrupting influence of wealth through the story of a poor pearl diver who discovers an extraordinary pearl.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Man to Send Rain Clouds
Target entity description: "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" is a seminal short story by Leslie Marmon Silko that explores Native American cultural traditions, death, and the intersection of Pueblo beliefs with Catholicism.

A. House Made of Dawn
House Made of Dawn is a landmark 1968 novel by N. Scott Momaday that helped inaugurate the Native American Renaissance in literature and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
B. Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop is a 1927 historical novel by Willa Cather that follows two Catholic priests establishing a diocese in 19th-century New Mexico, celebrated for its lyrical style and evocation of the American Southwest.
C. The Way to Rainy Mountain
The Way to Rainy Mountain is a seminal work by N. Scott Momaday that blends Kiowa folklore, personal memoir, and historical narrative, and is widely credited with helping launch the Native American Renaissance in literature.
D. Fools Crow
Fools Crow is a critically acclaimed novel by James Welch that powerfully portrays Blackfeet life and history, and is widely regarded as a landmark work of the Native American Renaissance.
E. The Pearl
The Pearl is a novella by John Steinbeck that explores themes of greed, social inequality, and the corrupting influence of wealth through the story of a poor pearl diver who discovers an extraordinary pearl.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	short story ⓘ
addresses	community responsibility ⓘ respect for the dead ⓘ tension between indigenous and colonial religions ⓘ
author	Leslie Marmon Silko ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalContext	Laguna Pueblo community life ⓘ
explores	Catholic sacramental practice ⓘ Pueblo funeral customs ⓘ cultural negotiation between Native and Christian traditions ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Father Paul ⓘ Ken ⓘ Leon ⓘ Teofilo ⓘ
firstPublication	New Mexico Quarterly ⓘ
frequentlyAnthologizedIn	American literature textbooks ⓘ Native American literature collections ⓘ
genre	Native American literature ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	discussion of syncretism in Native American studies ⓘ
includedIn	Leslie Marmon Silko's early short fiction collections ⓘ
isSeminalWorkFor	Leslie Marmon Silko's literary reputation ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	Native American Renaissance ⓘ
literarySignificance	considered a classic of contemporary Native American short fiction ⓘ
mainTheme	Native American cultural traditions ⓘ cultural syncretism ⓘ death and burial rituals ⓘ intersection of Pueblo beliefs and Catholicism ⓘ religious coexistence ⓘ tradition versus modernity ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person limited ⓘ
originalPublicationYear	1969 ⓘ
plotSummary	Two Pueblo men find the body of their grandfather Teofilo and conduct traditional burial rites while later asking a Catholic priest to sprinkle holy water on the grave. ⓘ
setting	Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico ⓘ linked to: Laguna Pueblo
studiedIn	college literature courses ⓘ high school literature courses ⓘ
symbol	holy water ⓘ rain clouds ⓘ sheep paint and feathers ⓘ
symbolismOfHolyWater	adapted into Pueblo worldview as a means to help bring rain ⓘ
symbolismOfRainClouds	blessing and life-giving moisture for the community ⓘ
tone	meditative ⓘ restrained ⓘ

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