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I believe the Stone Coated Woman was a single story adapted from multiple stories of the Stone Giants shared among the Iroquois/Seneca. The Buffalo Historical Society printed a book in 1923 with the title - Seneca Myths and Folk Tales and in it. They speak of The Stone Giants - as magical man like beings: "The Stone Giants, or Stone Coats, are commonly described in Seneca folk-tales. They are beings like unto men, but of gigantic size and covered with coats of flint. They are not gods and are vulnerable to the assaults of celestial powers, though the arrows of men harm them not at all. They early Iroquois are reputed to have many wars with them, and the last one is said to have been killed in a cave." Further, Chapter 53 is the story: Beyond-The Rapids and the Stone Giant in which appear the stone coated women.

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This post is wonderfully complex and will require (and is worthy of) further digestion. I look forward to rereading later. The point I made in my post today (Think. Read. Write. Repeat) about the reticular activating system was once again proven out when you mentioned the hero's journey. Thanks for your writing!

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