American Section

Vol. VII / No. 1
By: G. B. G.
The Double Axe and Some Other Symbols
The origin and development of symbolism, letters, and designs used in decoration either with or without symbolic meaning is a […]
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Vol. VI / No. 4
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In the last MUSEUM JOURNAL were printed some myths related by the Kekchi Indians of Guatemala. They are a branch […]
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Vol. VI / No. 4
By: B. W. M.
The Copper Eskimo
When Stefansson was making his ethnological researches among the Eskimo of Coronation Gulf, he met Captain Joseph Bernard, who, with […]
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Wee Rabbit Sells a Bag of Maize
Wee Rabbit one day found himself without money to buy food for his loving wife and numerous children. In vain […]
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The Envious Farmer
There was once an old witch who lived in a cave and whenever she wanted to go anywhere she said, […]
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The Miser, the Girl, the Jar and the Fool
Once upon a time there was an old miser who had a beautiful jar. Now this jar was so very […]
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The Duende Girl
Once there was a little girl. One day this little girl, who had been playing down by the brook, ran […]
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Duende Gifts
The Duende can grant any request no matter how extravagant, if one takes the trouble to go alone to the […]
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Vol. VI / No. 3
The Boy and the Sword
There was once a poor man who lived by tilling the soil. This man had one son who from his […]
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Vol. VI / No. 3
The Horned Serpent
On a certain day long, long ago there was a great trembling of the earth and all the people said, […]
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