Title |
Ted's Myth |
Identifier |
ted.xml |
Subject |
Petroglyphs--West (U.S.); Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Antiquities; Indian art; Symbolism; Indian mythology; Ute Indians |
Description |
Scrapbook by Frank A. Beckwith relating the narrative of Tedford Pikyavit (1901-1953), a Ute Indian, who described the traditional stories behind various petroglyph motifs |
Personal Names |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951; Pikyavit, Tedford Nivir, 1901-1953 |
Spatial Coverage |
Delta (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Publisher |
Hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Contributors |
Pikyavit, Tedford Nivir, 1901-1953 |
Date |
1932; 1938 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
ted's myth scrapbook |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
Frank Asahel Beckwith Collection |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2003, Beckwith Family. All rights reserved |
Holding Institution |
Delta City Library |
Source Physical Dimensions |
22cm x 28cm |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6pg4mw5 |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
126244 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pg4mw5 |
Title |
Pueblo Indians |
Identifier |
067TM |
Subject |
Rock art; Indians of North America |
Description |
The Pueblos saw the rainbow as a god. They personified him as a beautiful youth, gorgeous in appearance and manifesting himself by a magnificent, colored bow that spanned the heavens. |
OCR Text |
Show THE RALGBOW YOUTEH TS GATFIN he MUeblo Inaiids now nd ror millenium in tneir past were grioulturists reising corn squesh besns ana pumpkins as major articles of rood they were peacerul setiled 10 mASONry-built communities and 4most wholly dependent upon rainfall to grow and mature their meager orops Food wesprime requisite Without raimfell their supply of foodsturfs railed them This people ofpronounced nature-worship religious viewpoint saw in each force of naturs an actual god or enthroponorphic Tigure With divine attributes They heralded esoh sucoseding rain with joy for it meant life rood needs In an artd region rain was the most welcome blessing Shat could berall Them Offen durizs or afterFeEa ac coraing to the position of sun and rainoloud the welcome rain was wocompanied by en object seen in the sky of unsurpassed beauty magnificence and splendor They saw the RAINBOW the insignia of god this god they personfiried asbeautiful youth gorgeous in appearance splendid in attire manifesting his presence by magnificent colored bow spanning the heavens and sometimes shooting arrows or lightning THE REACTION From tueir intuitive trend of thought end being highly imaginative these people built around that the glorious magis aisplaywealth of poetic sentimen RAINBOW YOUTH young handsome dispenser of immediate blessings wes always assoolated with rain he never manifested his besutiful bow exoept when the grest Sun Father Digital image 2003 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved |
Date |
1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938 |
Type |
Image |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
image/tiff |
Source |
Ted's Myth Scrapbook |
Coverage |
Utah |
Source Material |
"The Gorgeous Rainbow Youth" folder |
Archival Resolution |
Archival TIFF: 3000 x 4600 |
Low Resolution |
JPEG: 800 x 600 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
Scanning Device |
Creo-Scitex Eversmart Jazz+ flatbed scanner |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
125195 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pg4mw5/125195 |