On Ten'a Folk-Lore
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4169823 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Jette (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1908 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Pages | 298 |
| Publication date | 1908-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-3114 • E-ISSN: 2397-2556 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2843303 |
| OpenAlex | W2797316851 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
events or personages, and often modified by the narrator.They may serve to illustrate native customs and to give an insight in the Ten'a thought, but make no pretence to historical exactness.The fifth story, in the followinig series, is a sort of transition between the mytlhs and the tales of this last group, anid partakes of both.The subsequent tales are decidedly fiction.Stories of this description are more easily obtained thain the myths, but the inane stories can be had for the asking.The titles which I have given to them are generally obtained from the natives themselves.It will be remarked that many words, stich as "ra'te," "rel'e," "ronten," "arvuruyei " (pronounced in the Lower dialect, " arurudyl "), etc., are capable of various renderings.Their meaning is greatly influenced by the context.Often they are mere expletives, comparable to the particles &e, ryap, rye, etc., of the Greek.Nifl-tsuka,lavyu.The grandmother and her grandson.Nf1-tsikalay-levdo.Me koya kiuin te-l'an.Ts6nkudaA-grandmother-and-her-grandson stay.Her grandson firewood gets.A-prairie-chicken (or willow-grouse) AtItI&1.Tsyerovtse kiun no-daler6r.Tseyerotse te lie-shot (with an arrow).And-thus the-fire-wood he-sleds (home).And-thus his tsukaila tse royf rodere1o, tse n5-rodilkon.grandmother to in-the-underground-house he-brought-the-wood, and he-lit-the-fire.Tsonkuiida a-r6na-kereitlh."Leyan, kanta," te tsukalThe-prairie-chicken he-put-to-roast-on-a-stick."It-is-fat, it seems," his grandmother (willow-grouse) alnl.Tse ye yar ni-keniftn.Ts8yero ko tsukal he-says-to.And her down-in-front-of he-put-some-in-a-dish.And-thus this grandmother medi'kuda a te koya ItenAtIk6ih.Ts8yerotse me k6ya tika a-spear with her grandson nmade-a-thrust-at.And-thus her grandson up to-dler1l, tseyerotse tseba katse to-dlerai.Ts8yerotse me tsukal ye fled-up, and-thus a-spruce-tree on up-he-fled.And-tlus his grandmother it yar ni-nLy6, tse yed!tevnalt1e.Ts8yerotse: "Tsukala, yuyartsen beneath came, and began-to-fell-it.And-thus: "Grandmother, from-below s n nian," yelni.Ts8yerotse te tsukal nok6t kereftlet, look-at-me," he-says-to-her.And-thus his grandmother's eye he-shot-an-arrow (in), tseyerotse no-no-rlverai, tseyerotse raleralt.a rurvuyeI kayar and-thus down-again-he-fled, and-thus he-was-fleeing.Then a-village nTy6, tseyerotse me tsukal ma ka niyo.Tseyerotse mne k6ya he-came-to, and-thus his grandmother him after came.And-thus her gralndson yar ledo."Kuin sor tli dianitoih," te koy a1ni.Tseyerotse in-a-house is."Fire me-to out bring," her grandson she-says-to
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| Citations per year | 0.04 |
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| Citation span | 1914 - 2023 (110) |
| Highly cited | No |