folklore
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS FACET\Associated Concepts\concepts in the arts\genres in the arts\literary and oral genres\
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
From Charles M. Russell to Nancy C. Russell, February 2, 1919
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8216.1-2
Description
Two-page handwritten letter from Charles M. Russell to Nancy C. Russell.
Dates:
February 2, 1919
The Spirit of Winter, 1926
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8387.35
Description
Leather album page of bronze of a man with wolves. The figure is supposed to be Blackfoot Spirit with wolves. Remarks include, "this is an Indian fable of how winter came about. Winter is called by the Blackfoot Indians 'Cold Maker' and this bronze represents him. In the long ago, an Indian died who had been treated badly by his people. He was buried on a scaffold up in the branches of a Cottonwood. One night the wolves came along and pulled his body down from the tree, but found him too...
Dates:
1926