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Show is ~..,..--9 l'iill unlert ·ke, a contri ")uti on to fc l"klore st- lies , critic 1 nalysi$ o the :Jormcn story of t~.e Ti'..ree ~ephites , a ty e of legen,. popular in a sizeable cultural unit of western 1>·"'--rica. . T~'9 Trsec ... is::: .it es are referre~ t c fre· uently in fol: l_cre publico-ticns and t11e legend h:-.s ,oeen introluced briefly':> and the present writer , -...~ut this is t he fi-rst atten t :t widespre:1d cell ction and ~stenatic ex le.nation of the pr-va.iling ele.rLe:.nts of the st or~r . 1£0 .A corr:pilatio-1 of. ,~ vet'eions of the Three "?'fephite clto ,ie.s.J '~ inci 1Sl""cs 9-TJ A i stri ,",lt ion , t i~ r pr~vailing motifs , t 1':eir 'llS ~ of ~..ot ifs a.r.;.cllo go us to those fo~m 1 in cth~r for~ lit~r:-tT•re , t~-::nerQ-1 lit er'3..ry . u.alit is i ·plic tions th~t t e stories r?ve< .... l. .Anreniice.., will incln4e t~:e ~ull text oft e versioY~s ni otrer docrr·'ents pertlnmt to this stu•ly . If, as a reuult oft li~, or.'k- , A·neri~, n fo}'·"orist<.-1 ·:!-..1."'1 <~ in a ore thorough popular west ern Ar-:eric:m le:end., it ill :1ave fulfilled. it .:.> p, pose . I |
