Religious articles -- Folklore
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 270 Collections and/or Records:
Carolyn Carson untitled legend about death, undated
Item
Identifier: FA 2 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Item 1.5.2.5.1
Scope and Contents note
Report by Brigham Young University student Carolyn Carson. Story recounts how a man receives blessings that he will live, but briefly dies. He is escorted to the spirit world by his uncle, sent back because he still has a mission on earth, told who will predecease him, and escorted back.
Dates:
Other: undated
Carolyn Carson untitled legend about life after death, undated
Item
Identifier: FA 2 Series 5 Sub-Series 1 Item 1.5.1.11.1
Scope and Contents note
Report by Brigham Young University student Carolyn Carson. Story recounts how a man dies and recovers. He reports floating upward through a veil and over a landscape resembling Montana. Two men offer him the choice to return, and he painfully re-enters his body. This reverses his previous opinions about life after death.
Dates:
Other: undated
Carolyn Carson untitled legend about the gift of tongues, undated
Item
Identifier: FA 2 Series 6 Item 1.6.12.1
Scope and Contents note
Report by Brigham Young University student Carolyn Carson. Story recounts how an apostle starts speaking through an interpreter and finishes without one.
Dates:
Other: undated
Celia Frank untitled legend about a hitchhiker, 1961 May 12
Item
Identifier: FA 2 Series 3 Sub-Series 2 Item 1.3.2.13.1
Scope and Contents note
Report by Brigham Young University anthropology student Celia Frank. Story recounts how a man is impressed to drive back to a service station after a young man there prays for a ride.
Dates:
Other: 1961 May 12
Ceramic vase / Mrs. Matthew Misbach, 1997 June 26
Item
Identifier: FA 16 Series 5 Item 5.1.10.1
Scope and Contents note
Report of information collected from Matthew Misbach by his wife. A hand thrown brown pitcher and wash basin, received as a wedding gift. Collector adduces a Biblical reference.
Dates:
Other: 1997 June 26
Collection of instances of glossolalia, 1961-1967
Series
Identifier: FA 2 Series 6
Scope and Contents
Contains legends about instances of glossolalia, or speaking in tongues and interpreting tongues. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1961 to 1967. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items contain a description of how, when, and where they were collected as well as explanations of social and cultural contexts.
Dates:
Other: 1961-1967
Collection of legends about prayerful submissions to or requests for death, 1965-1972
Sub-Series
Identifier: FA 2 Series 3 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents
Contains legends about prayerful submissions to or requests for death. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1965 to 1972. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items contain a description of how, when, and where they were collected as well as explanations of social and cultural contexts.
Dates:
Other: 1965-1972
Collection of legends about prayers for knowledge leading to conversion, 1961 May 12, 1997 September
Sub-Series
Identifier: FA 2 Series 3 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents
Contains legends about prayers for knowledge leading to conversion. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1961 to 1997. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items contain a description of how, when, and where they were collected as well as explanations of social and cultural contexts.
Dates:
Other: 1961 May 12; Other: 1997 September
Collection of legends about religious buildings or objects, 1962-2007
Series
Identifier: FA 2 Series 9
Scope and Contents
Contains legends about religious buildings and objects, mostly Mormon temples and temple garments, as well as holy books. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1962 to 1998. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items contain a description of how, when, and where they were collected as well as explanations of social and cultural contexts.
Dates:
Other: 1962-2007
Collection of legends about solicited divine intervention, 1960-2000
Series
Identifier: FA 2 Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains reports of legends where prayer and priesthood save sundry people from disease, disability, and death, sometimes by preventing these ills and other times by reversing them. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1960 to 2000. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items contain a description of how, when, and where they were collected...
Dates:
Other: 1960-2000