Translating a Worldview in the longue durée: The Tale of “The Bear’s Son”

Frank, Roslyn M.

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“…While we cannot determine how the original European story was received and understood by Native Americans, the early versions undoubtedly continued to reflect aspects of the plotline that were retained in versions of the tale recorded by Carrière in the state of Missouri among French-Canadian speakers. These contain striking details found also in versions collected in the Pyrenees as well as northern Spain (Frank 2017b(Frank , 2019(Frank , 2022. And these details include the appearance of four spirit animal helpers, a lion or wild cat, a hunting dog, an eagle and an ant, who each gives the hero a talisman.…”

Section: Examining Versions Of the European Talementioning

confidence: 75%

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This paper discusses objects connected with folk magic and medicine found in museum collections in Estonia and Finland. Our perspective is comparative as we compare these collections to other sources and to each other. The focus is on what kind of objects are found in the museum collections and how these differ between the two countries. We also explore how these materials have been acquired and collated. While we see general similarities between the magic objects in the two countries, there are also notable differences: remains of bears stand out in the Finnish collections while fossils are common in the Estonian ones. Although these observations may reflect a true difference in magic traditions, there are still potential sources of bias in the collections. Even though the museum collections in both countries were formed with romantic national overtones, the interests of individual collectors and curators influenced them in various ways.

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Section: Examining Versions Of the European Talementioning

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Translating a Worldview in the longue durée: The Tale of “The Bear’s Son”

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