ANTH 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Horned Serpent, Haida Language, Water Buffalo
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Three page essay to do for tuesday 11/13th, topic: key symbols/themes in. Navajo myth (number four, four colors, mountains, cardinal directions, creation and etiological, etc. ) no specific format needed, no outside sources needed o"bryan and own analysis. Won"t have a formal final exam, do something else some sort of take home exam, given out. 12/4 in class, a 3-4 page essay again, no topic specified for now, hand in paper during final exam period. The story of the two maidens and the white butterfly. Two sacred maidens in a village with lots of suitors who are each sent away including beggar"s son (from your section) See doc with everyone"s notes for more story details. On abstract level, patterns that underlie all the stories, same as what bringhurst talks about with haida, haida language may be classified with the dine language, both. Haida mask opening like skull opening and butterflies coming out, in both surrealist feeling/pattern.
