The Inland Whale

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folklore collection short story collection

The Inland Whale is a collection of Native Californian Indian legends and stories retold for a general audience by anthropologist and author Theodora Kroeber.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Inland Whale canonical	2
The Inland Whale: Nine Stories Retold from California Indian Legends	1
“The Inland Whale” (title story)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4789118 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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

Target entity: The Inland Whale
Context triple: [Theodora Kroeber, notableWork, The Inland Whale]

A. The Whale
The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
B. La Vaca marina
La Vaca marina is a legendary sea creature from Chilote mythology, often depicted as a cow-like being that inhabits the ocean and is associated with maritime omens and local seafaring lore.
C. The Living Sea
The Living Sea is a 1963 documentary film co-directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau that explores marine life and oceanographic research aboard his ship Calypso.
D. The Great White Whale
The Great White Whale was the affectionate nickname given to the large, white-painted British ocean liner SS Canberra, famed for both her passenger service and role in the Falklands War.
E. Fin the Whale
Fin the Whale is the playful, anthropomorphic orca mascot of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
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 Inland Whale
Target entity description: The Inland Whale is a collection of Native Californian Indian legends and stories retold for a general audience by anthropologist and author Theodora Kroeber.

A. The Whale
The Whale is the distinctive, swooping-roof ice hockey arena at Yale University designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
B. La Vaca marina
La Vaca marina is a legendary sea creature from Chilote mythology, often depicted as a cow-like being that inhabits the ocean and is associated with maritime omens and local seafaring lore.
C. The Living Sea
The Living Sea is a 1963 documentary film co-directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau that explores marine life and oceanographic research aboard his ship Calypso.
D. The Great White Whale
The Great White Whale was the affectionate nickname given to the large, white-painted British ocean liner SS Canberra, famed for both her passenger service and role in the Falklands War.
E. Fin the Whale
Fin the Whale is the playful, anthropomorphic orca mascot of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	folklore collection ⓘ short story collection ⓘ
author	Theodora Kroeber ⓘ
basedOn	oral traditions of Native Californian Indians ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
genre	folklore ⓘ mythology ⓘ short stories ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation	anthropologist ⓘ writer ⓘ
hasAuthorSpouse	Alfred L. Kroeber ⓘ
hasCulturalContext	Native Californian cultures ⓘ
hasEthnographicSource	California Indian oral literature ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	popular understanding of California Indian traditions ⓘ
hasISBN	9780520002308 ⓘ
hasLibraryOfCongressClassification	E78.C15 ⓘ
hasNarrativeFocus	female protagonists in Native Californian stories ⓘ
hasParatext	introductions and notes by Theodora Kroeber ⓘ
hasPart	retellings of women-centered Native Californian narratives ⓘ “The Inland Whale” (title story) ⓘ linked to: The Inland Whale
hasReception	recognized as an important work in Native American literature studies ⓘ
hasSubjectHeading	Indian women—California—Folklore ⓘ linked to: Indian Story and Song from North America Indians of North America—California—Folklore ⓘ
hasTheme	cultural traditions of Native Californian peoples ⓘ mythic and legendary narratives ⓘ
influencedBy	anthropological fieldwork in California ⓘ
intendedAudience	general audience ⓘ
isPartOf	20th-century American folklore publications ⓘ
isWrittenIn	narrative prose style ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
mainSubject	Native American folklore ⓘ Native Californian Indian legends ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
notableFor	literary adaptation of ethnographic materials ⓘ presenting Native Californian stories to a broad readership ⓘ
publicationDate	1959 ⓘ
publicationPlace	Berkeley, California ⓘ linked to: Berkeley, California, United States
publisher	University of California Press ⓘ
retoldBy	Theodora Kroeber ⓘ
timePeriodOfSources	pre-contact and early-contact California ⓘ
usedIn	university courses on Native American literature ⓘ university courses on folklore and mythology ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theodora Kroeber → notableWork → The Inland Whale ⓘ

subject linked to: Theodora

Theodora Kroeber → notableWork → The Inland Whale: Nine Stories Retold from California Indian Legends ⓘ

subject linked to: Theodora

linked to: The Inland Whale

The Inland Whale → hasPart → “The Inland Whale” (title story) ⓘ