Ii. Tales Of The Lamut. 6. Wolves And Men : 6. (WOLVES AND MEN.) There lived some people who had no dogs at all, so they caught the small puppies of a gray fox, and brought them up. These gray foxes brought forth black and spotted dogs. Another man caught a wolfling and fed it. That wolf brought forth another kind of dog. They were...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 13. The Girl From The Grave Box : 13. THE GIRL FROM THE GRAVE-BOX. Some Lamut were living in three tents. One of them had two sons. They had set their deadfalls at distant places: so the father sent his sons to visit these traps. They came to the traps and walked along all day. They stopped for the night at the farthest traps. Then...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 22. The Tale Of La'la : 22. THE TALE OF LA'LA. 2 ("Kolyma Version") La'la was very rich in peltries. Among all the Chukchee people along the border he was known for his costly furs. He was also a great warrior, and lived all by himself; only with his own family. One time the Chukchee said among themselves, "Let us go...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 17. A Hunting Tale : 17. A HUNTING TALE. 1 Three men lived together. I cannot tell to what tribe or clan they may have belonged,--whether they were peasants or cossacks, or Yakut or p. 79 [paragraph continues] Yukaghir or something else. They were good hunters, and every fall with the first snow they would set off...
Vi. Anadyr Tales. 14. Story Of A Stepmother : 14. STORY OF A STEPMOTHER AND HER STEPDAUGHTERS. There was an old man and his wife. The old woman died leaving a single daughter. The old man sought another wife, and married a widow, who had a daughter of her own. This widow was a Yahga-Witch. The stepmother had a violent dislike for her...
Iv. Children's Stories. 6. Story : 6. STORY ABOUT A CRAZY OLD MAN. 1 There was an old man and an old woman. The old man was a good hunter: so he filled three large storehouses with the game he killed. One storehouse was full of reindeer and elks, another of seals and walrus, and a third was full of fish. They had plenty to eat. One...
Ii. Tales Of The Lamut. 5. Story Of An Arctic Fox : 5. STORY OF AN ARCTIC FOX. An arctic Fox constructed a fish weir on a small river to catch fish. It was winter time, and he was at work cutting the ice. A Bear came to him, and said, "O Fox! what are you doing?"--"I am arranging a fish weir for catching fish."--"All right. Give me a share...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 12. The Monster With Iron Teeth : 12. THE MONSTER WITH IRON TEETH. There were three brothers. One time they traveled together in lonely places. The first night they stopped at a way house. 1 They made a fire, p. 70 cooked some bread-soup, 1 and had supper. While they were eating, a board of the floor was lifted up. There appeared...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 32. Story Of The Forest Demon : 32. STORY OF THE FOREST DEMON. 2 There was a forest-being, a hairy man, who lived in the woods and roamed about the country. He married a Russian girl and had a son by her. The boy grew up and in his turn married and had two children. One time he said to his wife, "My father calls me to his place...
Ii. Tales Of The Lamut. 8. A Lamut Man Turned : 8. (A LAMUT MAN TURNED INTO STONE.) It was told in the olden times that in the Gishiga country, on the Okhotsk side, there lived some Lamut of the Lam branch who were all rich in reindeer. One of these reindeer owners had a bad temper. He used to strike his assistants for mere trifles. One time his...
I. Tales Of The Tundra Yukaghir. 6. The Sham : 6. (THE SHAMAN WHO TURNED INTO A FOX.) There lived an old man who had a pretty young daughter. He was a great shaman, and he wanted to find a husband for her, the best of all human kind. So he turned into an arctic fox and ran along. Whomsoever he met, by him he would allow himself to be caught...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 27. Yukaghir Manners : p. 102 27. YUKAGHIR MANNERS. In former times, the Yukaghir acted in the following manner. When the grave-box of a member of their own kind decayed on account of extreme age, they gathered the dry bones. They prepared a bag of harlot skin, and put the bones into it. That done, they built a small...
V. Markova Tales. 9. A Yukaghir Tale : 9. A YUKAGHIR TALE. 2 There was a Yukaghir man and his wife. He was exceedingly lazy. He was all the time lying in his tent, and did not want to go out. The woman chopped the wood and looked after the traps and snares. She also p. 134 prepared their food. He would lie on the skins in the tent. She...
Iv. Children's Stories. 2. Story Of Kundarik : p. 112 2. STORY OF KUNDARIK. There lived an old man and an old woman. They had a little son, whose name was Kundarik. 1 One evening they made a fire in the house and noticed that somebody was sitting on the roof, close to the chimney-opening. It was Yaghishna. They were much frightened, but...
Iv. Children's Stories. 7. Story About Two Girls : 7. STORY ABOUT TWO GIRLS. There were two girls. They had plenty to eat, and knew nothing bad. One time they were walking about, and saw some men on horseback ride by. They went home, and found five men in their house, before the burning fire. "Who are you?"--"We are people from the Upper Land. We...
Iv. Children's Stories. 4. Story Of Hungry : 4. STORY OF HUNGRY CHILDREN. There lived an old man and an old woman. They had two sons and two daughters. They sent the younger daughter to get provisions. "Go to the roof and bring the reindeer leg that is there." She brought it. They took off the skin, broke the bone and extracted the marrow...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 9. Tale About Cu'mo : 9. TALE ABOUT U'MO. There were three sisters. They knew no men, and subsisted by hunting wild reindeer. They also wandered about gathering roots and berries and every sort of thing that the earth produces. One time the eldest sister said, "I wish we had at least one baby." As soon as she spoke...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 30. A Christmas Story : 30. A CHRISTMAS STORY. It was in olden times that some girls went to wed the snow. 2 They came to a water-hole, sat down, and traced a magic circle all around themselves upon the snow. They were seated on a bearskin. One of the paws of the skin projected accidentally beyond the circle, but not one...
Introduction : p. 1 TALES OF YUKAGHIR, LAMUT, AND RUSSIANIZED NATIVES OF EASTERN SIBERIA. BY WALDEMAR BOGORAS. p. 3 INTRODUCTION. The following tales were collected among Russianized natives of the Kolyma and the Anadyr country, and also among Russian creoles, who, indeed, lead the same kind of life...
Vi. Anadyr Tales. 17. Story Of Heretics With : 17. STORY OF HERETICS WITH IRON TEETH. 2 There were three brothers who were married to three sisters. The oldest brother was married to the eldest sister, the middle brother to the middle sister, and the youngest brother to the youngest sister. When fall came, they set off to examine their...
Iv. Children's Stories. 1. Story Of An Old : p. 111 IV. CHILDREN'S STORIES. 1 1. STORY OF AN OLD WOMAN AND HER THREE DAUGHTERS. An old woman had three daughters. One was Stone-Scraper, another was Scraping-Board, and the third was Whetstone. The old woman sent Stone-Scraper to the Bad Merchant. She said, "Go to him and ask him for some food...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 16. Tale Of A Shaman : 16. TALE OF A SHAMAN. There was the head man of a village. I do not know exactly whether it was a village of Yukaghir or of the Yakut clan. 1 This head man used to gather tribute among his clansmen. Then he carried it southward to the town of Yakutsk on the river Aldan. On the Aldan lived...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 5. A Bear Tale : p. 50 5. A BEAR TALE. 1 A clan of the Tungus lived in three tents. The family in the first tent had two daughters. The elder daughter was married, and the younger lived at home. She was very pretty; and her parents made her sit in her sleeping room all the time, lest any strange eye should behold...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 4. Yukaghir Tale : 4. YUKAGHIR TALE. 1 There once lived an old man and his wife. They had an only son. They lived together for a long time. One day the old man came home from the woods and said to his wife, "O wife! I am going to die tomorrow morning. Here in the neighborhood is a small abandoned hut. Put my body...
I. Tales Of The Tundra Yukaghir. 1. The Girl : p. 9 I. TALES OF THE TUNDRA YUKAGHIR. 1 1. (THE GIRL AND THE EVIL SPIRIT.) There lived a girl who knew no man. Nor could she tell who were her parents. She was rich in reindeer and other property. So she walked about, singing lustily. She never went to watch over her reindeer. When the reindeer...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 28. A Story Of Machekur : 28. A STORY OF MACHEKUR. Machekur lived with his wife Machekur-woman. 2 Their neighbors were three Mice-Girls. The old man used to pay them frequent visits. Finally, the old woman grew angry, and said, "Cease going there! They will do something unpleasant to you." The old man, however, paid no...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 19. Stepmother And Stepdaughter : 19. STEPMOTHER AND STEPDAUGHTER. 2 There was an old man with his wife. They had one daughter. After some time the old woman died. He married another woman, and also had a daughter by her. The woman hated her stepdaughter and ill-used her in a thousand ways. As soon as the father was gone...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 33. Story Of Transformed Bears : 33. STORY OF TRANSFORMED BEARS. Two bears, male and female, swam across a large river. The current was so strong that it caught them and carried them on. The male bear succeeded in getting ashore, but the female was drowned. The male bear waited on shore for the body, and then dragged it up...
I. Tales Of The Tundra Yukaghir. 7. Tale : 7. (TALE ABOUT THREE STORKS.) 1 There lived a man who did not know where he was born. We think, however, that we were born of this man. He was rich in everything. One time a She-Monster came to him and wanted to be his wife. The She-Monster said, "You must take me for your wife. Otherwise, I shall...
Vi. Anadyr Tales. 13. A Markova Tale : 13. A MARKOVA TALE. The people of a village began to vanish, and nobody knew what happened to them. There was a shaman. He traveled through that country and came to the village. The people were quite sad and sorrowful. "What is the matter with you?"--"We do not know. Every night somebody vanished...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 25. The Big Pike : p. 100 25. THE BIG PIKE. They say, in the district of Shigansk, near the Lena River, there is a lake. In that lake are some monstrous pikes, such as are able to swallow a man or even a reindeer. One time a big elk went there to drink, and the pike caught him by the muzzle. They fought, but neither...
Title Page : TALES OF YUKAGHIR, LAMUT, AND RUSSIANIZED NATIVES OF EASTERN SIBERIA BY WALDEMAR BOGORAS ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY VOL. XX, PART I NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES [1918] Scanned , September, 2003. J. B. Hare, Redactor. This Text Is In The Public...
Vi. Anadyr Tales. 16. Story Of Gege Woman : 16. STORY OF GEGE-WOMAN. 1 There was an old man and his wife. They had three sons. The old man said to his sons, "Listen, my children! Do not climb the roof, do not climb to the upper beam." The next morning the elder son climbed to the roof and mounted the upper beam. He saw from there...
Ii. Tales Of The Lamut. 7. Bear, Wolverene : p. 34 7. BEAR, WOLVERENE, AND WOLF STORY. Bear, Wolverene, and Wolf, being brothers, lived side by side. The youngest brother paid suit to the daughter of the middle one. "No," said the middle one, "How is it that you ask me for my daughter? We cannot join. You are born from the snow, and I am...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 10. Yukaghir Tale : p. 65 10. YUKAGHIR TALE. There was a man and his wife. They had a little boy. One time the woman felt a yearning for some pike. Her mouth watered at the thought of it. Then she said to her husband, "Do go to the lake and set your nets! I want some pike to eat." He went to the lake, and on the same...
Vi. Anadyr Tales. 18. Story Of The Fox : p. 148 18. STORY OF THE FOX AND THE WOLF. 1 The man pursued Fox with dogs, but Fox succeeded in plunging into the nest of a polar Owl. 2 The man chopped at the trunk with his heavy ax. "O gossip! I want to fly out."--"Ah, gossip! do as if you have too; but before doing so please pass water upon my...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 15. Tale Of A Shaman : 15. TALE OF A SHAMAN. A shaman was living with some other people. One time he took his drum and began to practise. Then he died suddenly. Now, the ancient Yakut had the following custom: Whenever a man of importance died, every one would leave the village, and move to another place. So the people...
I. Tales Of The Tundra Yukaghir. 2. A Tale : 2. (A TALE ABOUT THE WOOD-MASTER.) 1 There lived a man who was very poor. He used to walk along a small river near his house, constructing deadfalls for hares. Sometimes he would catch one hare, another time he would catch two. With these he fed his family. One time he said to himself, "What does...
Vi. Anadyr Tales. 11. Lay Of B'ondandi : 11. LAY OF BNDANDI. ("Kolyma Version"). 1 Told by Helen Dauroff, a Russian creole woman, in the village of Pokhotsk, winter of 1900. FOOTNOTES 138:1 Inserted here for more ready comparison
Iv. Children's Stories. 11. Story About Yaghishna : 11. STORY ABOUT YAGHISHNA. There was a young girl. She walked about, and saw two boys coming. She shouted to them, "Who are you?"--"We are your brothers."--"And where are you going?"--"We are going to your house." She sat down on the ground and sank through it. The brothers came to the house...
Vi. Anadyr Tales. 12. Story About Kundirik : 12. STORY ABOUT KUNDIRIK. 1 There was an old man with an old woman. One time they prayed to God, asking Him to give them a child. God granted their prayer, and they had a son. The old woman said, "What name shall we give to the boy?"--"Ah!" said the old man, "let us call him Kundirik." The old m...
V. Markova Tales. 4. A Markova Tale : 4. A MARKOVA TALE. 2 There was an old man and an old woman. The old man used to catch hares and bring them to his old woman. She cooked them, and they ate together. One time the old man brought a fat reindeer. The old woman jumped for joy. "Ah, the fat reindeer!" She skinned it and dressed it...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 21. Sea Wanderers : 21. SEA-WANDERERS. On the seashore, upon an island, stood a village of the Maritime people. The village was very large, the houses were more numerous than the leaves on a tree. Several people began to talk among themselves. "Let us travel, that we may see all the wonders of the sea!" One of them...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 2. A Yukaghir Tale : p. 41 2. A YUKAGHIR TALE. Once upon a time there were some Yukaghir people. They had an only daughter, who was very active and clever. One time when she was walking about a whirlwind carried her off. It took her to the mountains. A big rock, which extended from the ground up to heaven was standing...
V. Markova Tales. 2. A Lamut Tale : 2. A LAMUT TALE. There was a Lamut camp. An old Lamut had three daughters, who were not married. Another family made their camp nearby. I do not know whether they were men or spirits. They attacked the Lamut, and killed all of them. The three sisters fled. The strangers dried the flesh of their...
Ii. Tales Of The Lamut. 4. A Tale About Stingy : 4. (A TALE ABOUT STINGY REINDEER-OWNERS.) The short days of the year had already begun, and the cold of winter had come. Then some Lamut met to live together. They pitched their tents close to one another, played cards, and had merry talks and joyful reunions. An old shaman, who had nothing to e...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 31. Story Of A Foolish Woman : 31. STORY OF A FOOLISH WOMAN. Once upon a time, there lived a man who had a foolish wife. He beat her and chastized her in every way, but could do nothing with her. One time he said to himself, "Let me test her! Perhaps she will become more sensible." He had some deadfalls in the woods, and some...
Vi. Anadyr Tales. 15. Story Of Magus : p. 144 15. STORY OF MAGUS. 1 There was a man, Magus by name. He had four sons. One of them had legs of grass, another a head of bladder, the third a brisket of leaves, the fourth a voice of hair. Magus said to his sons, "Children! let us go and hunt elks!" They killed a big elk and carried it home...
I. Tales Of The Tundra Yukaghir. 4. The Sly : 4. (THE SLY YOUNG MAN.) 1 There were two brothers, one married, the other unmarried. The married one lived in one place; the unmarried one, in another. They did not want to live together. One time the unmarried brother wanted to visit the married one. When he approached his house, he listened...
Iv. Children's Stories. 9. Story Of Elk's Head : 9. STORY OF ELK'S HEAD. There were an old man and an old woman. They had one daughter. They said to her, "Go to the roof and bring the elk's head." She brought the elk's head. They chopped it up small and cooked it in a kettle. They ate of it, and in one day they finished it. Then they said ag...
Ii. Tales Of The Lamut. 2. A Tale : 2. A TALE OF THE CHUKCHEE INVASION. At the time of the freezing of water some Lamut men crossed the mountain ridge near the Wolverene River. They came to the upper course of the Chogodon River and lived there. They wanted to separate their reindeer herds. In doing this, they talked among themselves...
I. Tales Of The Tundra Yukaghir. 3. Tale : 3. (TALE ABOUT THE SEA-SPIRIT.) 1 There was a small river that flowed into the sea. Some Tungus lived at the mouth of the river, and caught fish. One time they came to the sea and saw a sea-spirit as big as a whale coming up from under the water. The sea-spirit said, "O people! you are here. I want...
Iv. Children's Stories. 8. Story Of The Tom : 8. STORY OF THE TOM-CAT AND THE COCK 1 There lived a Tom-Cat and a Cock. The Tom-Cat went to fetch fuel, and ordered the Cock to bake pancakes. Meanwhile there came a She-Fox and sang:-- "O Cock, my Cock! let me in! We two shall play with little gold rings." But the Cock refused to let her in. Then...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 1. One Side : p. 38 III. KOLYMA TALES. 1. ONE-SIDE. There was a family of Tungus. They lived in a tent. They had three daughters. The girls, when going to pick berries, would turn into female geese. In this form they visited the sea islands. One time they flew farther than usual. On a lonely island they saw...
V. Markova Tales. 6. A Markova Tale : 6. A MARKOVA TALE 1 There were three brothers. One was Grass-Leg, another was Bladder, the third was Little-Finger. One time they ate blood-soup. Little-Finger saw some marrow, and wanted to take it; but he fell into the soup and was drowned. Grass-Leg wanted to help him, but in his hurry broke his...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 24. The Woman's Head : 24. THE WOMAN'S HEAD. There was a village on the seashore which had ten or fifteen houses. One of the inhabitants had a lazy son. The father could not induce him to bring water from the river or to fetch fuel from the woods. All he did was to walk along the seashore, singing songs. There was no end...
Iv. Children's Stories. 10. Story Of A Small Girl : 10. STORY OF A SMALL GIRL. There was an old man and an old woman. They had no sons or daughters so they prayed to God, and he sent them a son. He grew up quickly, and was useful in their household work. One morning they ordered him to start a fire. He climbed to the roof and pulled the skin stopper...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 29. The Mouse : 29. THE MOUSE AND THE SNOW-BUNTING. There was a Mouse and a Snow-Bunting. Winter came, the coldest season of the year. Mouse gathered plenty of provisions, stacks of roots, and heaps of grain; but Snow-Bunting gathered much less of everything. She found that the snow fell too thick, and the cold...
Iv. Children's Stories. 5. Story Of Five Brothers : 5. STORY OF FIVE BROTHERS. 2 There were five brothers. Two of them were walking about, and saw on the trail some wolf's tracks, quite fresh, but covered with a little snow. They were frightened, and hastened home; but their three brothers were not there. They sat down on the bed and cried bitterly...
Vi. Anadyr Tales. 10. A Chuvantzi Tale : p. 136 VI. ANADYR TALES. 10. A CHUVANTZI TALE 1 ("ANADYR VERSION"). There was a man, Ltka by name, who had an assistant who was called PndandI. When Ltka died, his daughter remained alone with PndandI. PndandI worked for her as he used to do for her father. One morning she arose and saw that there...
I. Tales Of The Tundra Yukaghir. 8. Reindeer Born : 8. (REINDEER-BORN.) 1 There was a Tungus man who had a large reindeer herd, and no son at all. One time he came to his herd, and saw that a doe had brought forth a fawn which looked quite human. "What is this?" asked the man. "This is a small boy," said the doe. "I brought forth for you. Take him...
Ii. Tales Of The Lamut. 3. Story About Cannibals : 3. (STORY ABOUT CANNIBALS.) In ancient times the Lamut in all parts of the land ate one another. There was an old man who had an only daughter. The neighbors wanted to eat her. So the father and mother and girl fled, and wandered off for ten days and ten nights without stopping. They crossed...
Transcription : TRANSCRIPTION p. 7 The following alphabet is used in transcribing native words:-- a, e, i, u have their continental sounds (in Chukchee and Koryak always long). o like "o" in "nor". obscure vowel (long). like "a" in make. A, E, I obscure vowels (short). like e in bell, but prolonged. ei a diphthong...
Ii. Tales Of The Lamut. 9. A Shaman And A Boy : 9. (A SHAMAN AND A BOY.) There was a great shaman who reached a very great age. When angry he could lay his spell on any one, even upon another shaman. One time he as walking about and met a little boy, who roamed about, not knowing where to go. "Who are you?"--"I do not know."--"Perhaps you are...
Ii. Tales Of The Lamut. 1. Chaun Story : p. 26 II. TALES OF THE LAMUT. 1 1. CHAUN STORY. 2 There was a Lamut man in the country of Chaun who went to East Cape to look for some thong-seal hides. He moved and moved, and so came to the very end of the country. He had with him his wife and also a son, young and active. All around the country...
Iv. Children's Stories. 3. Story About Yaghishna : 3. STORY ABOUT YAGHISHNA. There lived an old man and an old woman. They had a small girl still in her swaddling clothes. They swathed her tightly and put her upon the bed. Then they heard Yaghishna coming. They were frightened, and ran p. 113 off, leaving the girl behind. Yaghishna came...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 8. Yukaghir Tale : 8. YUKAGHIR TALE. There lived a man with his wife. They had a daughter. The name of this daughter was kept secret. The father announced that whoever should guess her name should have her for a wife. There came traders and hunters and all kinds of able young men, but nobody could guess her name...
V. Markova Tales. 5. A Markova Tale : 5. A MARKOVA TALE. There was a duck who called" White-Cap. She asked her granddaughter to louse her. "O granny! there are no lice on your forehead, but plenty on the back of your head."--"Gte, gte!" said the old woman in duck language. "There are none on the back of the head, but quite a good many...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 18. Story About The Bad : 18. STORY ABOUT THE BAD MERCHANT. 1 Three brothers lived. I cannot tell who they were, whether Russian or Yakut. They lived in a wild place, somewhat after the manner of Lamut nomads. Two of the brothers used to go on hunting trips. The third one stayed at home. None of them knew whether they ever...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 7. The Alder Block : p. 55 7. THE ALDER-BLOCK. 1 There lived an old woman who had neither son nor daughter. One time after cooking her supper, she climbed to the roof of her house to stop up the chimney hole. Then she heard from within a small child's voice. She was much frightened, but still she descended hastily...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 23. The Tale Of La'la : p. 95 23. THE TALE OF LA'LA. ("Anadyr Version") 1 There were some Chuvantzi people, among them was an old man who had four sons. The middle one was of great strength. His name was La'la. He fought all the time against the Chukchee, and killed a great number of them, hundreds and thousands and more...
Untitled : TALES OF YUKAGHIR, LAMUT, AND RUSSIANIZED NATIVES OF EASTERN SIBERIA BY WALDEMAR BOGORAS [1918] Title Page Introduction Contents Transcription I. TALES OF THE TUNDRA YUKAGHIR 1. The Girl and the Evil Spirit 2. A Tale About the Wood-Master 3. Tale About the Sea-Spirit 4. The Sly Young Man 5...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 3. Raven Tale : 3. RAVEN TALE. There once upon a time lived a man and his wife. They had neither son nor daughter. They lived together for a long time. Then they talked to each other. The old woman said, "Well, old man, what do you think? We are getting old, and we have no children. Who will take care of us when...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 14. Small Pox, A Yukaghir Tale : 14. SMALL-POX, A YUKAGHIR TALE. (FIRST VERSION.) There lived a man all by himself. One time a woman came to him. She was Small-Pox. She was quite tall and lean of body, her teeth were long and sharp, and her eyes burned like glowing coals. "Where are the other people?" asked Small-Pox. "I do not...
V. Markova Tales. 8. A Lamut Tale : 8. A LAMUT TALE. There was a man or perhaps a Monster. He prepared a fish trap of willow, and made a weir across the river. He put the fish trap in a suitable place and waited for the catch. After a while he listened, and heard the fish trap whistle. "Eh, fish trap! are you whistling?"--"Yes, I am...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 26. Story Of The Fish Woman : p. 101 26. STORY OF THE FISH-WOMAN. There was a man who lived alone and was poor and destitute. He had no fish nets, nor even a single fish hook. So he went to the merchants, asking for a hook. The first and the second merchant gruffly refused him. A third one gave him an old hook, without point...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. Small Pox, A Yukaghir Tale : SMALL-POX, A YUKAGHIR TALE. (SECOND VERSION.) There was a large Yukaghir village on the Indighirka River. In that village lived a powerful shaman. One time he beat the drum; then he went out of the house and said, "A great disease is coming towards us, the like of which we have never seen." There...
V. Markova Tales. 3. Yukaghir Tale : 3. YUKAGHIR TALE. There were two sisters. One time they walked about and met Kosetka. 2 The first sister saw him, and immediately let herself fall down, pretending to be dead. He came to her and investigated the body. He found an aperture in the hind part, and said, "Ah! this is the wound." Then he...
V. Markova Tales. 7. Sister And Brother Married : 7. SISTER AND BROTHER MARRIED. 3 There was a sister who wanted to marry her brother. One time while the brother was out hunting she sewed a new tent cover and prepared new poles also. Then she dug a long underground passage away from their house, and at the end of it she pitched her new tent. She...
V. Markova Tales. 1. Lamut Tale : p. 124 V. MARKOVA TALES. 1. LAMUT TALE. 1 There was a Lamut man, who traveled about looking for a wife. One time he found a stone in the likeness of a person. He took it home and put it near the fireplace. He awoke in the morning, and said to the stone, "There, wife, cook some food!" Since...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 6. Grass Blade Girl : 6. GRASS-BLADE GIRL. An old woman lived all alone. She had no children. One time she went for a walk. She saw a patch of yellow grass. One blade was growing higher than any of the others. She gathered that grass for her bedding, and kept this long blade separately. She carried the grass home, put...
I. Tales Of The Tundra Yukaghir. 5. Creation Story : 5. (CREATION STORY.) 2 When the Creator created the earth, the bear was made the master of all the beasts. The wolf, the fox, and the wolverene paid homage to him. But the wild reindeer refused to obey him, and ran about free, as before. One day the Forest-Owner was hunting five reindeer-does;...
Iii. Kolyma Tales. 11. The She Monster : 11. THE SHE-MONSTER. There lived a family. They had three daughters and no sons. After some time the father and the mother died. The girls remained alone. They hunted game and caught fish, and in the summer time picked berries and gathered roots. They never knew a man. One time the eldest sister...
Ii. Tales Of The Lamut. 10. The Lamut : 10. (THE LAMUT AND THE RUSSIAN.) In olden times, when the Russians were not here, the Lamut lived in the mountains. They had no iron, no ax, no knife. A stone tied to a stick served as ax; a rib of wild reindeer, as knife; splinters of elk thigh bone, as spears; and a thin splinter of reindeer fawn...

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