Talk:Atosis

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Not sure if this one is RS but it corroborates what I saw in the book: NativeLanguages.org Darkfrog24 (talk) 22:42, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. The Teaching Resources source quotes a book that repeats the legend in that link verbatim, so I put it down for further reading. WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT should cover it. If TR is RS, then it doesn't matter if Native-Languages.org isn't; Native-Languages is being used as a courtesy link. Darkfrog24 (talk) 22:50, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The bad news: I checked the references cited by the Teaching Resources source, and it includes the Wikipedia article Abenaki mythology, which has been cited for being insufficiently sourced. I took down all content from the TR source for now.

The good news! I now have the titles of two dead-tree books to request at my library. Perhaps we can find our way out of this circle yet. It'll just take a little time. Darkfrog24 (talk) 22:56, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Packard Mythical Creatures of Maine: I got my hands on the paper book and read the whole entry. The link only shows page 52, but I did access the whole thing. Darkfrog24 (talk) 21:16, 17 May 2023 (UTC) The book is a published source, but the author is a science teacher and nature enthusiast, not a historian or anthropologist. The tone of the book is halfway to fiction. He talks about where the cryptids "were sighted," not in legendary terms. I'm going to see if I can replace it. Darkfrog24 (talk) 19:52, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have trimmed out all the information that was only in the Packard book. I've kept Packard as a reference because it might count for notability and of course for Packard's own comment about Champ of Lake Champlain. Darkfrog24 (talk) 02:59, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Leland Algonquin Legends of New England is listed 2020 but the author's note said he started collecting legends in the 1800s. I saw only the Google Books version as of May 23, 2023, and it does show the beginning of the woman-with-five-husbands story that I saw on the other website, but the sample cuts off.
Gilbert Livingston Wilson Indian Hero Tales Again, I only saw the Google Books version, but the entire chapter was available. It's written as a fictional narrative, but the Leland book corroborates it. Darkfrog24 (talk) 02:57, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]