American Indian Medea?

Karen E. Colburn (io20905@maine.maine.edu)
Tue, 8 Dec 1992 18:12:43 GMT


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I am looking for lore about the outsider woman, and infanticide.

Are there any stories about the outsider sorceress who marries the
insider hero, has a family, and benefits the insider group?
Does she become part of the group? Do they turn against her, or are
she and her kids always protected by the group, even if her husband
turns against her?

I've heard rape wasn't a concept for Amerinds. What about infanticide?

Obviously, I don't know much about any of this, so I would really
appreciate many responses.

Thanks to Kristie Butler, George Crafts, and Rex Pyles, for writing
to me personally. I will post a summary after a while.
Karen

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