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SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBAL BELIEF
ZULUS--A SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBE NEAR PETER'S HOME--DESPISE THE
CHAMELEON. THEY SAY THEIR GOD MADE IT ONE OF THE SLOWEST
CREATURES ON EARTH TO PUNISH IT.
ONCE, AS THE STORY GOES, THE CHAMELEON WAS SO SWIFT THE ZULUS
CALLED ON IT TO CARRY A MESSAGE TO THEIR GOD TO SAVE THEM FROM
A GREAT DISASTER. THE CHAMELEON ARRIVED TOO LATE TO PREVENT THE
TRAGEDY BECAUSE IT DAWDLED ON THE WAY.
ANOTHER STORY BLAMES THE CHAMELEON FOR ROBBING MAN OF ETERNAL
LIFE. THE CREATOR SENT THE CHAMELEON TO TELL MAN HE WOULD LIVE
FOREVER. A MISCHIEVOUS ORDINARY LIZARD OVERTOOK THE CHAMELEON
AND TOLD THE PEOPLE THEY WOULD DIE. WHEN THE CHAMELEON BROUGHT
THE TRUE MESSAGE, NO ONE BELIEVED IT.
TODAY, MANY SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBESMEN KILL THE CHAMELEONS THEY COME
ACROSS AS PUNISHMENT. ORDINARY LIZARDS ALSO ARE KILLED FOR
BRINGING THE BAD NEWS.
Submitter comment:
FROM "CHAMELEON TONGUE HAS BOARDINGHOUSE REACH," IN "NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC SCHOOL BULLETIN," VOL. 42, NO. 15, (JAN. 27, 1964),
P. 237.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
HUMAN SIZE MYTH
GRANDMA USED TO SAY THAT PEOPLE A LONG TIME AGO WERE SO BIG THAT
THEY COULD DRAW A HOE FROM ONE HILL TO ANOTHER WITH ONE STROKE.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS. THE PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE WILL GET SO
SMALL THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FLAY WHEAT IN A OVEN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TENDS TO BELIEVE IN THE MYTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Abnormal in size |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
NEGROES
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, THE KIDS ON OUR
BLOCK HAD A STORY ABOUT NEGROES. WE BELIEVED THAT THE REASON THEIR
SKIN WAS SO DARK WAS THAT WHEN GOD WAS MAKING PEOPLE, HE FORGOT AND
LEFT THEM IN THE OVEN TOO LONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR SHAPE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
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NEGRO SCARS
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
THE NEGROES ARE A CURSED RACE BY GOD. BEFORE ALL NEGRO MEN DIE, A
SCAR WILL BE VISIBLE ON THEIR BODY. THIS IS PROOF THAT THEY HAVE
BEEN CURSED BY GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RACISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
BABIES
IN CERTAIN PRIMITIVE TRIBES IN EAST AUSTRALIA, IT IS BELIEVED THAT
FEMALE BABIES ARE CREATED BY BAHLOO, THE MOON, WHILE MALE INFANTS ARE
ARE FASHIONED AT A NEAR-BY FACTORY SUPERVISED BY BOOMAYAHMAYAHMUL,
THE WOOD LIZARD. ACCORDING TO THEIR BELIEF, THE BABIES, AFTER BEING
CREATED IN SPIRIT BY THESE WOODLAND DIETIES, SUSPEND THEMSELVES
ON CERTAN COOLALABAH TREES WHENCE THEY ENTER--MORE OR LESS
PROMISCUOUSLY--THE BODIES OF PASSING WOMEN AND THERE BECOME
INCARNATED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): IMPREGNATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE BELLY BUTTON STORY
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR BELLY BUTTON? WHEN GOD TAKES THE BABIES OUT
OF THE OVEN IN HEAVEN, HE POKES THEM IN THE TUMMY AND SAYS YOU ARE
DONE.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: KENTUCKY OR TENNESSEE TRUCK DRIVER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: 07-27-1964
WHERE BABIES COME FROM
TWO STORIES ARE TOLD WHEN A YOUNG CHILD ASKS WHERE BABIES COME FROM.
THE FIRST IS THAT A STORK BRINGS HIM AND PUTS HIM DOWN THE CHIMNEY.
THE SECOND IS THAT THE MOTHER AND FATHER FOUND HIM UNDER A CABBAGE
LEAF IN THE CABBAGE PATCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LEGEND
THE MESA VERDE INDIANS WHO LIKE (LIVE IN?) THE AREA KNOWN
TODAY AS MESA VERDE
NATIONAL PARK, BELIEVED IN THE RITUAL OF THE SIPAPU--A SMALL HOLE
IN THE EARTH. CREATION ITSELF BEGAN FROM THIS SMALL HOLE WHERE
MAN PASSED FROM A NONDISTINCT FORM INTO THE SHAPE OF A HUMAN
AS HE EMERGED FROM THE SIPAPU. THE INDIANS WOULD CARRY OUT A RITUAL
THE MAIN EPISODE BEING THROWING SOME SORT OF INCENSE INTO THE
CREVICE, AND BURNING IT. THIS WOULD CHASE AWAY EVIL SPIRITS COMING
TO EARTH. THE STORY OR BELIEF IS REPEATED TODAY BY MANY INDIANS
OF THE AREA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FIRE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Fire BELIEF -- Formation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EFFECTS OF DRINKING
WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL GETS DRUNK HE LOSES ALL THE GOOD GRACES
HE HAS STORED UP IN HEAVEN AND WHEN HE REPENTS, HE GETS THEM
ALL BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
WHEN A FEMALE IS IN HER CYCLE, SHE SHOULDN'T TOUCH
ANY PLANT OR CROPS BECAUSE IF SHE DOES THEN THEY WILL
DIE. THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE GOD CURSED WOMEN WITH
THIS CURSE BECAUSE EVE NED AND SO THE CURSE IS SIN
SINFUL AND CAN KILL LIVING PLANTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MENSTRUATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
THE INDIANS USED TO BELIEVE THAT A FOOL OR AN IDIOT WAS
TOUCHED BY THE GODS.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
BABIES ARE FOUND UNDER THE CABBAGE LEAVES IN THE GARDEN.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): Babies ; BABY ; Cabbage ; GARDEN ; Tale
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Birth |
MY BODY LIES OVER THE OCEAN,
MY BODY LIES OVER THE SEA,
MY DADDY LIES OVER MY MOMMIE,
THAT'S HOW I CAME TO BE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ORIGIN OF BABIES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-11-1973
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WORD USAGE
THE MENTALLY RETARDED OF ALL AGES ARE CHILDREN. THEY ARE
OFTEN CALLED SUCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: 06-18-1973
BELIEF
THE WOMEN AIDES AT CLOVRBOTTM HAVE MUSCLES LIKE MEN AND WILL
BREAK YOUR NECK IF YOU DO SOMEHTING WRONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: 06-26-1973
BELIEF
IS THAT SO? WELL, I KNOW THE SOCIAL WORKERS AREN'T VERY
STRONG. MOST OF 'EM ARE SKINNY, THAT7S WHY THEY'RE NOT
AIDES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: 06-26-1973
RESPECT
SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WON'T COME INTO THE OFFICE, THEY DON'T
THINK IT'S PROPER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: 06-18-1973