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American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales : An Encyclopedia of American Folklore [3 Volumes].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (1265 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9798216046547
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American Myths, Legends, and Tall TalesDDC classification:
  • 398.2097303
Online resources:
Contents:
A4250C_9781610695688_Vol-1 -- Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Guide to Related Topics -- Chronology -- A -- Academe, Legends of -- Afghan American Folklore and Folktales -- AIDS Harry and AIDS Mary -- AIDS-Origins Traditions -- Alamo -- Algon and the Sky Girl -- Alien Abduction Stories and UFOs -- Alien Abduction Stories and UFOs-Primary Document Charles Hoy Fort, New Lands (1923) -- Allen, Ethan (1738-1789) -- Alligators in the Sewers -- America as the New Israel -- America as the New Israel-Primary Document Uriah Smith, The Marvel of Nations (1887) -- American Cinderella Tales -- American Folklore Society (AFS) -- Amityville Hauntings -- Amityville Hauntings-Primary Document Pliny the Younger, an Ancient Haunted House Story (ca. 100 CE) -- Anansi/Anancy -- Animal Bride -- Animal Tales -- Annie Christmas -- Apotamkin -- Appleseed, Johnny (1774-1845) -- Appleseed, Johnny-Primary Document W. D. Haley, "Johnny Appleseed: A Pioneer Hero" (1871) -- Area 51 -- Arrow Boy -- Ashpet -- Atlantis -- Atlantis-Primary Document Ignatius Donnelly, Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882) -- Attucks, Crispus (1723-1770) -- Aunty Greenleaf and the White Deer -- Axehandle Hound -- Azeban -- B -- Babe the Blue Ox -- Babes in the Woods -- Baby Train -- Badger and the Bear -- Badman -- Ballad -- Ball-Tailed Cat -- Banana, Coconut, and Twinkie -- Barbara Allen -- Barker, Ma (1873-1935) -- Barker, Ma-Primary Document Selection from FBI Report on Ma Barker (1936) -- Barton, Clara (1821-1912) -- Bass, Sam (1851-1878) -- Bass, Sam-Primary Document Charles J. Finger, "The Song of Sam Bass" (1927) -- Batman -- Baykok -- Beal, Barnabas Coffin "Tall Barney" (1835-1899) -- Bear Man of the Cherokee -- Beauty and the Beast Folklore -- Beaver, Tony -- Bell Witch.
Bellamy, Samuel "Black Sam" (1689-1717) -- Bermuda Triangle -- Bermuda Triangle-Primary Document Disappearance of the USS Cyclops in the Bermuda Triangle (1918) -- Betsey and the Mole Skin -- Bettelheim, Bruno (1903-1990) -- Big Bear of Arkansas -- Big Water Snake of the Blackfoot -- Bigfoot or Sasquatch -- Bigfoot or Sasquatch-Primary Document Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Hunter (1892) -- Bilderbergers -- Bilderbergers-Primary Document Speech at the Anti-Masonic State Convention of Massachusetts (1829) -- Birth of Good and Evil, an Iroquois Myth -- Black Aggie -- Black Dog -- Black Dog-Primary Document C. A. Fraser, "Scottish Myths from Ontario" (1893) -- Black Elk (1863-1950) -- Blessing Way -- Bloody Mary or I Believe in Mary Worth -- Blue Hen's Chicks -- Blue Nun -- Blue Rocks Folklore -- Blues as Folklore -- Boarhog for a Husband -- Bok Kai Temple, Folktale, and Parade -- Bokwewa -- Boles, Charles E. "Black Bart" (1829-1888) -- Bonney, W illiam "Billy the Kid" (1859-1881) -- Bonnie and Clyde -- Boo Hag -- Boogie Man -- Boone, Daniel (1734-1820) -- Borden, Lizzie (1860-1927) -- Bowleg Bill -- Braucher Stories (Pennsylvania Dutch) -- Braucher Stories (Pennsylvania Dutch)-Primary Document John George Hohman, Powwows -- or, Long Lost Friend (1820) -- Brer Rabbit -- Brer Rabbit-Primary Document Joel Chandler Harris, "Old Mr. Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman" (1880) -- Bridger, Jim (1804-1881) -- Bridger, Jim-Primary Document Selection from John G. Neihardt, The Song of Hugh Glass (1921) -- Brothers Who Followed the Sun, an Iroquois Legend -- Brown, John (1800-1859) -- Brown, John-Primary Document John Brown's Last Speech (1859) -- Brown, Margaret Molly Tobin (1867-1932) -- Bunch of Laurel Blooms for a Present -- Bunyan, Paul -- Buried Alive -- Buried Alive-Primary Document Buried Alive Accounts in the New York Times (1884-1886) -- C -- Cactus Cat.
A Calabash of Poi -- Calamity Jane (1852-1903) -- Callin' the Dog -- Campbell, Joseph (1904-1987) -- Cancer Myths -- Cante Fables -- Capone, Alphonse "Scarface" (1899-1947) -- Captain Alfred Bulltop Stormalong -- Captain Alfred Bulltop Stormalong-Primary Document Frank Shay, "Old Stormalong, the Deep-Water Sailorman" (1930) -- Cardiff Giant -- Carson, Kit (1809-1868) -- Cash-Landrum UFO Encounter (1980) -- Casos, Historias, and Tallas -- Cetan -- Chamorro Sirena, a Guamanian American Tale -- Champ -- Chanoyu -- Chariots of the Gods -- Charlie Chan and Fu Manchu -- Cheonyeo Gwisin, a Korean American Legend -- Cherokee Rose -- Chessie -- Chessie-Primary Document C. R. Hervey, "When the Sea Serpent Came" (1906) -- Chief Joseph (1840-1904) -- Chief Joseph-Primary Document "Chief Joseph, a Notable Figure in Washington" (1900) -- Chinatown Ghost Stories -- Chinese American Mythological and Legendary Deities -- Chipmunk and Bear, an Iroquois Legend -- Christmas Gift -- Christmas Tree -- Christmas Tree-Primary Document Kriss Kringle's Christmas Tree (1847) -- Chupacabra -- Cibola or Cities of Gold -- Cibola or Cities of Gold-Primary Document Sir Walter Raleigh on El Dorado (1596) -- The Circle of Life and the Clambake -- Cody, William F. "Buffalo Bill" (1846-1917) -- Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506) -- Columbus, Christopher-Primary Document Journal of the First Voyage of Columbus (1492) -- Connecticut Yankee -- Connecticut Yankee-Primary Document Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) -- Conspiracy Theories -- Corn Hero -- Corn Mother -- Corn Mother-Primary DocumentBlack Hawk on the Origins of Corn (1833) -- Cortez, Gregorio (1875-1916) -- Country Music as Folklore -- Coyote Tales -- Crazy Horse (ca. 1840-1877) -- Crazy Horse-Primary Document Battle of the Little Bighorn and Crazy Horse (1876) -- Creation Myth of the Tewa.
Creation Stories of the Native Americans -- Crichton Leprechaun -- Crockett, Davy (1786-1836) -- Crockett, Davy-Primary Document A Collection of Political Speeches Attributed to Davy Crockett (1837, 1840, 1873) -- Crop Circles -- Culture Heroes of the Native Americans -- Cursing of Colonel Buck -- Custer, George Armstrong (1839-1876) -- Custer, George Armstrong-Primary Document Custer's Last Stand in the New York Times (1876) -- D -- Daddy Jack Stories -- Dance in a Buffalo Skull -- Dancing with the Devil -- DC Comics -- Death Coach -- Death Waltz -- Deer Woman -- DeGrow, Moll (fl. early nineteenth century) -- DeGrow, Moll-Primary Document C. G. Hine, "Old Moll DeGrow" (1909) -- Demon Cat -- Demonic Possession -- Devil on Washington Rock -- Devil's Horn -- Dillinger, John (1903-1934) -- Donner Party (1846-1847) -- Donner Party-Primary Document Selection from Francis Parkman Jr., The Oregon Trail (1849) -- Drought Buster -- Dungarvon Whooper -- Dwayyo -- E -- Earhart, Amelia (1897-1937) -- Earhart, Amelia-Primary Document Amelia Earhart, Letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1936) -- Easter Bunny -- Easter Eggs -- Easter Eggs-Primary Document Clarissa Downs, "Lottie Champney's Easter Party" (1890) -- Edison, Thomas (1847-1931) -- El Muerto -- Ellis Island (New York) -- Elvis (1935-1977) -- European Sources -- Evil Eye -- Evil Eye-Primary DocumentWarding Off the Evil Eye (1912) -- Exorcism -- Express Train to Hell -- F -- Fa Mu Lan, or Mulan -- Fairylore -- Fakelore -- Farmer's Daughter -- Fearsome Critters -- Febold Feboldson -- Filipino American Folklore and Folktales -- Fink, Mike (ca. 1770-1823) -- Fish(ing) Tales -- Fish(ing) Tales-Primary Document John Smith's Mermaid (1849) -- Fisher, Miles Mark (1899-1970) -- Floyd, Charles "Pretty Boy" (1904-1934) -- Flying Africans -- Folk Medicine.
Folk Medicine-Primary Document Lydia M. Child, The American Frugal Housewife (1841) -- Folklore and Folktales -- Folklore and Folktales-Primary Document Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, "Rumpelstiltskin" (1812) -- Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821-1877) -- Forrest, Nathan Bedford-Primary Document Nathan Bedford Forrest on the KKK (1868) -- Founding Myths -- Fountain of Youth -- Fountain of Youth-Primary Document Ponce de León's Search for the Fountain of Youth (1513) -- Frankie and Albert/Johnny -- Frog King -- Fur-bearing Trout -- Fur-bearing Trout-Primary Document James Herbert Hicken, "The Fur-Bearing Trout" (1929) -- A4250C_9781610695688_Vol-2 -- Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Guide to Related Topics -- Chronology -- G -- Gaasyendietha, or Seneca Dragon -- Game Songs and Rhymes -- Gaspar, José (1757-1821) -- Geronimo (1829-1909) -- Gitchi Odjig, a Chippewa Hero -- Glooskap, an Abenaki Hero -- Goatman (Maryland Monster) -- Gonzales, Ambrose E. (1857-1926) -- Gonzales, Ambrose E.-Primary Document Ambrose E. Gonzales, The Black Border: Gullah Stories of the Carolina Coast (1922) -- Good Luck Charms -- Gore Orphanage Legend -- Great Gourd from Heaven, a Laotian American Myth -- Great Hare -- Great Spirit -- Great Spirit-Primary Document Tecumseh's Speech to the Osages (1811) -- Gremlins -- Groundhog Day -- Guandi -- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Tombstone, Arizona) (1881) -- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral-Primary Document Wyatt Earp's Testimony on the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1881) -- Gurbani Kirtan -- H -- Hairy Woman -- Halloween Legends -- Hardy Hardhead -- Harris, George Washington (1814-1869) -- Harris, George Washington-Primary Document George Washington Harris, Sut Lovingood (1867) -- Haunted Houses.
Haunted Houses-Primary Document Legend of the Haunted House of Hartford, Kentucky (1911).
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A4250C_9781610695688_Vol-1 -- Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Guide to Related Topics -- Chronology -- A -- Academe, Legends of -- Afghan American Folklore and Folktales -- AIDS Harry and AIDS Mary -- AIDS-Origins Traditions -- Alamo -- Algon and the Sky Girl -- Alien Abduction Stories and UFOs -- Alien Abduction Stories and UFOs-Primary Document Charles Hoy Fort, New Lands (1923) -- Allen, Ethan (1738-1789) -- Alligators in the Sewers -- America as the New Israel -- America as the New Israel-Primary Document Uriah Smith, The Marvel of Nations (1887) -- American Cinderella Tales -- American Folklore Society (AFS) -- Amityville Hauntings -- Amityville Hauntings-Primary Document Pliny the Younger, an Ancient Haunted House Story (ca. 100 CE) -- Anansi/Anancy -- Animal Bride -- Animal Tales -- Annie Christmas -- Apotamkin -- Appleseed, Johnny (1774-1845) -- Appleseed, Johnny-Primary Document W. D. Haley, "Johnny Appleseed: A Pioneer Hero" (1871) -- Area 51 -- Arrow Boy -- Ashpet -- Atlantis -- Atlantis-Primary Document Ignatius Donnelly, Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882) -- Attucks, Crispus (1723-1770) -- Aunty Greenleaf and the White Deer -- Axehandle Hound -- Azeban -- B -- Babe the Blue Ox -- Babes in the Woods -- Baby Train -- Badger and the Bear -- Badman -- Ballad -- Ball-Tailed Cat -- Banana, Coconut, and Twinkie -- Barbara Allen -- Barker, Ma (1873-1935) -- Barker, Ma-Primary Document Selection from FBI Report on Ma Barker (1936) -- Barton, Clara (1821-1912) -- Bass, Sam (1851-1878) -- Bass, Sam-Primary Document Charles J. Finger, "The Song of Sam Bass" (1927) -- Batman -- Baykok -- Beal, Barnabas Coffin "Tall Barney" (1835-1899) -- Bear Man of the Cherokee -- Beauty and the Beast Folklore -- Beaver, Tony -- Bell Witch.

Bellamy, Samuel "Black Sam" (1689-1717) -- Bermuda Triangle -- Bermuda Triangle-Primary Document Disappearance of the USS Cyclops in the Bermuda Triangle (1918) -- Betsey and the Mole Skin -- Bettelheim, Bruno (1903-1990) -- Big Bear of Arkansas -- Big Water Snake of the Blackfoot -- Bigfoot or Sasquatch -- Bigfoot or Sasquatch-Primary Document Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Hunter (1892) -- Bilderbergers -- Bilderbergers-Primary Document Speech at the Anti-Masonic State Convention of Massachusetts (1829) -- Birth of Good and Evil, an Iroquois Myth -- Black Aggie -- Black Dog -- Black Dog-Primary Document C. A. Fraser, "Scottish Myths from Ontario" (1893) -- Black Elk (1863-1950) -- Blessing Way -- Bloody Mary or I Believe in Mary Worth -- Blue Hen's Chicks -- Blue Nun -- Blue Rocks Folklore -- Blues as Folklore -- Boarhog for a Husband -- Bok Kai Temple, Folktale, and Parade -- Bokwewa -- Boles, Charles E. "Black Bart" (1829-1888) -- Bonney, W illiam "Billy the Kid" (1859-1881) -- Bonnie and Clyde -- Boo Hag -- Boogie Man -- Boone, Daniel (1734-1820) -- Borden, Lizzie (1860-1927) -- Bowleg Bill -- Braucher Stories (Pennsylvania Dutch) -- Braucher Stories (Pennsylvania Dutch)-Primary Document John George Hohman, Powwows -- or, Long Lost Friend (1820) -- Brer Rabbit -- Brer Rabbit-Primary Document Joel Chandler Harris, "Old Mr. Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman" (1880) -- Bridger, Jim (1804-1881) -- Bridger, Jim-Primary Document Selection from John G. Neihardt, The Song of Hugh Glass (1921) -- Brothers Who Followed the Sun, an Iroquois Legend -- Brown, John (1800-1859) -- Brown, John-Primary Document John Brown's Last Speech (1859) -- Brown, Margaret Molly Tobin (1867-1932) -- Bunch of Laurel Blooms for a Present -- Bunyan, Paul -- Buried Alive -- Buried Alive-Primary Document Buried Alive Accounts in the New York Times (1884-1886) -- C -- Cactus Cat.

A Calabash of Poi -- Calamity Jane (1852-1903) -- Callin' the Dog -- Campbell, Joseph (1904-1987) -- Cancer Myths -- Cante Fables -- Capone, Alphonse "Scarface" (1899-1947) -- Captain Alfred Bulltop Stormalong -- Captain Alfred Bulltop Stormalong-Primary Document Frank Shay, "Old Stormalong, the Deep-Water Sailorman" (1930) -- Cardiff Giant -- Carson, Kit (1809-1868) -- Cash-Landrum UFO Encounter (1980) -- Casos, Historias, and Tallas -- Cetan -- Chamorro Sirena, a Guamanian American Tale -- Champ -- Chanoyu -- Chariots of the Gods -- Charlie Chan and Fu Manchu -- Cheonyeo Gwisin, a Korean American Legend -- Cherokee Rose -- Chessie -- Chessie-Primary Document C. R. Hervey, "When the Sea Serpent Came" (1906) -- Chief Joseph (1840-1904) -- Chief Joseph-Primary Document "Chief Joseph, a Notable Figure in Washington" (1900) -- Chinatown Ghost Stories -- Chinese American Mythological and Legendary Deities -- Chipmunk and Bear, an Iroquois Legend -- Christmas Gift -- Christmas Tree -- Christmas Tree-Primary Document Kriss Kringle's Christmas Tree (1847) -- Chupacabra -- Cibola or Cities of Gold -- Cibola or Cities of Gold-Primary Document Sir Walter Raleigh on El Dorado (1596) -- The Circle of Life and the Clambake -- Cody, William F. "Buffalo Bill" (1846-1917) -- Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506) -- Columbus, Christopher-Primary Document Journal of the First Voyage of Columbus (1492) -- Connecticut Yankee -- Connecticut Yankee-Primary Document Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) -- Conspiracy Theories -- Corn Hero -- Corn Mother -- Corn Mother-Primary DocumentBlack Hawk on the Origins of Corn (1833) -- Cortez, Gregorio (1875-1916) -- Country Music as Folklore -- Coyote Tales -- Crazy Horse (ca. 1840-1877) -- Crazy Horse-Primary Document Battle of the Little Bighorn and Crazy Horse (1876) -- Creation Myth of the Tewa.

Creation Stories of the Native Americans -- Crichton Leprechaun -- Crockett, Davy (1786-1836) -- Crockett, Davy-Primary Document A Collection of Political Speeches Attributed to Davy Crockett (1837, 1840, 1873) -- Crop Circles -- Culture Heroes of the Native Americans -- Cursing of Colonel Buck -- Custer, George Armstrong (1839-1876) -- Custer, George Armstrong-Primary Document Custer's Last Stand in the New York Times (1876) -- D -- Daddy Jack Stories -- Dance in a Buffalo Skull -- Dancing with the Devil -- DC Comics -- Death Coach -- Death Waltz -- Deer Woman -- DeGrow, Moll (fl. early nineteenth century) -- DeGrow, Moll-Primary Document C. G. Hine, "Old Moll DeGrow" (1909) -- Demon Cat -- Demonic Possession -- Devil on Washington Rock -- Devil's Horn -- Dillinger, John (1903-1934) -- Donner Party (1846-1847) -- Donner Party-Primary Document Selection from Francis Parkman Jr., The Oregon Trail (1849) -- Drought Buster -- Dungarvon Whooper -- Dwayyo -- E -- Earhart, Amelia (1897-1937) -- Earhart, Amelia-Primary Document Amelia Earhart, Letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1936) -- Easter Bunny -- Easter Eggs -- Easter Eggs-Primary Document Clarissa Downs, "Lottie Champney's Easter Party" (1890) -- Edison, Thomas (1847-1931) -- El Muerto -- Ellis Island (New York) -- Elvis (1935-1977) -- European Sources -- Evil Eye -- Evil Eye-Primary DocumentWarding Off the Evil Eye (1912) -- Exorcism -- Express Train to Hell -- F -- Fa Mu Lan, or Mulan -- Fairylore -- Fakelore -- Farmer's Daughter -- Fearsome Critters -- Febold Feboldson -- Filipino American Folklore and Folktales -- Fink, Mike (ca. 1770-1823) -- Fish(ing) Tales -- Fish(ing) Tales-Primary Document John Smith's Mermaid (1849) -- Fisher, Miles Mark (1899-1970) -- Floyd, Charles "Pretty Boy" (1904-1934) -- Flying Africans -- Folk Medicine.

Folk Medicine-Primary Document Lydia M. Child, The American Frugal Housewife (1841) -- Folklore and Folktales -- Folklore and Folktales-Primary Document Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, "Rumpelstiltskin" (1812) -- Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821-1877) -- Forrest, Nathan Bedford-Primary Document Nathan Bedford Forrest on the KKK (1868) -- Founding Myths -- Fountain of Youth -- Fountain of Youth-Primary Document Ponce de León's Search for the Fountain of Youth (1513) -- Frankie and Albert/Johnny -- Frog King -- Fur-bearing Trout -- Fur-bearing Trout-Primary Document James Herbert Hicken, "The Fur-Bearing Trout" (1929) -- A4250C_9781610695688_Vol-2 -- Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Guide to Related Topics -- Chronology -- G -- Gaasyendietha, or Seneca Dragon -- Game Songs and Rhymes -- Gaspar, José (1757-1821) -- Geronimo (1829-1909) -- Gitchi Odjig, a Chippewa Hero -- Glooskap, an Abenaki Hero -- Goatman (Maryland Monster) -- Gonzales, Ambrose E. (1857-1926) -- Gonzales, Ambrose E.-Primary Document Ambrose E. Gonzales, The Black Border: Gullah Stories of the Carolina Coast (1922) -- Good Luck Charms -- Gore Orphanage Legend -- Great Gourd from Heaven, a Laotian American Myth -- Great Hare -- Great Spirit -- Great Spirit-Primary Document Tecumseh's Speech to the Osages (1811) -- Gremlins -- Groundhog Day -- Guandi -- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Tombstone, Arizona) (1881) -- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral-Primary Document Wyatt Earp's Testimony on the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1881) -- Gurbani Kirtan -- H -- Hairy Woman -- Halloween Legends -- Hardy Hardhead -- Harris, George Washington (1814-1869) -- Harris, George Washington-Primary Document George Washington Harris, Sut Lovingood (1867) -- Haunted Houses.

Haunted Houses-Primary Document Legend of the Haunted House of Hartford, Kentucky (1911).

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