Koyukon Riddles
Abstract A riddle is a creation of ingenuity. It resembles one of those little nick nacks, which a small boy will often whittle out of a stray bit of wood, with no other tool than a common pocket-knife. In itself the trifle is worthless, void of artistic qualities, and still, despite its uncouthness...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780195061024.003.0025 2023-12-31T10:08:58+01:00 Koyukon Riddles Jetté, Julius 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195061024.003.0025 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52479582/isbn-9780195061024-book-part-25.pdf unknown Oxford University PressNew York, NY A Republic Of Rivers page 149-152 ISBN 9780195061024 9780197725870 book-chapter 1990 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195061024.003.0025 2023-12-06T08:51:49Z Abstract A riddle is a creation of ingenuity. It resembles one of those little nick nacks, which a small boy will often whittle out of a stray bit of wood, with no other tool than a common pocket-knife. In itself the trifle is worthless, void of artistic qualities, and still, despite its uncouthness, one looks at it with a feeling akin to admiration, for it bespeaks coordination and planning in the mind, and deftness in the hand ... [these] reflect, as it were, the mind-characteristics of their authors. Book Part koyukon Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 149 152 |
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Abstract A riddle is a creation of ingenuity. It resembles one of those little nick nacks, which a small boy will often whittle out of a stray bit of wood, with no other tool than a common pocket-knife. In itself the trifle is worthless, void of artistic qualities, and still, despite its uncouthness, one looks at it with a feeling akin to admiration, for it bespeaks coordination and planning in the mind, and deftness in the hand ... [these] reflect, as it were, the mind-characteristics of their authors. |
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY |
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1990 |
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