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Folklore Courses for Fall 2008

ANT 221 Introduction to Folklore taught by Karen Miller

ANT 426
Native American Folklore (online) taught by Pauleena MacDougall

ANT 490
Public Sector Folklore taught by Kathleen Mundell


Projects

Maine Papermakers

The Story of the Eastern Fine Paper Mill, Brewer, Maine

"Writing on the Wall" video premiered

Women in Maine's Paper Industry  1880 - 2006

Brewer Middle School's Mill History project

 

Maine Folklife Center


Publications

NORTHEAST FOLKLORE
Volume VI: 1964
MALECITE AND PASSAMAQUODDY TALES

Contents | Introduction | Stories and the Art of Story-Telling | Kluskap Tales from the Malecite | Miscellaneous Malecite Tales | Passamaquoddy Tales | Bibliography  

Originally published by the Northeast Folklore Society, under the auspices of the Department of English, University of Maine, Orono, Maine

Edward D. Ives, Editor

Copyright by the Northeast Folklore Society, 1965

Second edition, 1998 Published by the Maine Folklife Center, South Stevens Hall, University of Maine.

MALECITE AND PASSAMAQUODDY TALES

CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION

Map

II. STORIES AND THE ART OF STORY-TELLING by E. Tappan Adney

III. KLUSKAP TALES FROM THE MALECITE

Kluskap And His Twin Brother

Kluskap and The Beaver

The Tobique Rocks

Kluskap Visits The King of England

Kluskap And His Uncle Turtle

The Great Wind Eagle

Kluskap's Two Marriages, His Wanderings, His Death

IV. MISCELLANEOUS MALECITE TALES

The Lost Hunters I

The Lost Hunters II

The Man Who Married The Nun

How The Trappers Broke the Spell

The Man Who Sold His Daughter to the Devil

A Task The Devil Cannot Perform

The Devil And The Card Players

A Witch Tale

Jack LaPorte The Great

A Forerunner

The Little People

V. PASSAMAQUODDY TALES

A Little Boy Who Brought Good Luck

An Indian Boy That Almost Turned Into A Bear

The Man Whose Life Was In a Weasel

The Story Of A Wicked Medeulin

How Bear Got His Short Tail

How Rabbit Came By His Split Lip

Four Legends Of Mohawk Encounters

  1. Single Combat
  2. The Last Mohawk Scout
  3. Preparation For War
  4. The Last Battle With The Mohawks

VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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