Ruth Underhill

Biographic Data

ID76465
NAMERuth Underhill
GIVEN NAMESRuth
FAMILY NAMEUnderhill
SIGNATUREUNDERHILL R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Oxford
ORCID0009-0007-9455-2365
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS107
AUTHOR COUNT27
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1932
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX6

  • Self-Diagnosis of Mental Disorders

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Lucy FoulkesARTICLEQualitative Health Research2025Cited by: 1References: 47

    There is concern that a growing number of individuals, especially adolescents, are diagnosing themselves with mental disorders. However, there has been limited empirical research into this phenomenon: why it might happen, what the costs and benefits might be, and what the implications are for anyone who is experiencing distress. To address this, this study used reflexive thematic analysis to explore attitudes toward self-diagnosis of mental disor…

  • Past is Present

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Nathalie F S Woodbury et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News1984

  • Hawks of the Sun

    Ruth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1966

  • The Indian Traders

    Ruth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEEthnohistory1963

  • A Pima Remembers

    Ruth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1960

  • Other

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray UnderhillARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1959Cited by: 1

  • Religion Among American Indians

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray UnderhillARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1957Cited by: 1

    The primitive religious ideas of the American Indians. their ritual istic forms, their social function, and their chief practitioners are described in this article. The persistence of these ideas and the manner in which they affect the Indian's acceptance of the white man's ways are illustrated. Special attention is paid to the rise of the Peyote Cult and its development into the Native American Church, which appears to be a transitional institut…

  • The Pollen Path. A Collection of Navajo Myths

    Ruth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1957

  • The Real Americans . A. H yatt V errill

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray UnderhillARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1955

  • The Sacred Pipe. Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1954Cited by: 25

  • Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1954Cited by: 6

    This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each group of stories is prefaced by a brief factual account of Indian beliefs and of storytelling customs. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest is a t…

  • Intercultural Relations in the Greater Southwest

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray UnderhillARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1954Cited by: 6

  • The Comanches, Lords of the South Plains

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1953Cited by: 22

  • Cherokee Dance and Drama

    Ruth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1952Cited by: 4

  • Many Goals, Many Trails

    Ruth Underhill, Ruth Murray UnderhillARTICLEMarriage and Family Living1950

  • Indians of the Urban Northwest

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1950Cited by: 2

  • The Kalingas, Their Institutions and Custom Law

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1950Cited by: 5

  • An Analysis of Coeur d'Alene Indian Myths

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1949Cited by: 6

  • Yokuts and Western Mono Ethnography

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1949Cited by: 24

  • Children of the People

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1948Cited by: 4

  • Maria

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray UnderhillARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1948

  • Navaho Witchcraft . C lyde K luckhohn

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray UnderhillARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1946

  • Dusty Desert Tales

    Ruth Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill et al.ARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1943

  • Request for Field Work

    Ruth Underhill, Ruth Murray UnderhillARTICLENew Mexico Anthropologist1937

  • Note on Easter Devils at Kawori'k on the Papago Reservation

    Open AccessRuth Underhill, Ruth Murray UnderhillARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1934