4. How A Small Kamak Was Transformed : 4. HOW A SMALL KAMAK WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A HARPOON-LINE. 2 A small kamak said to his mother, "I am hungry." She said to him, "Go and eat something in the storeroom behind the sleeping-room!" He said, "I do not want to. I want to, go to Big-Raven's house." The mother said, "Do not do it! You will...
9. How Eme'mqut Became A Cannibal : 9. HOW EME'MQUT BECAME A CANNIBAL. 1 Big-Raven lived with his people. Eme'mqut married p. 54 [paragraph continues] Grass-Woman. Eme'mqut said to his wife, "Let us go out." She said, "It seems that you are going to do wrong." He said, "Why should I? This time I shall not do so." He went out ...
16. Miti' And Magpie Man : 16. MITI' AND MAGPIE-MAN. 1 Big-Raven lived with his family. Oh, Big-Raven said, "I will (go and) fetch some willow-bark." Oh, Miti' went to feed the little puppies. Magpie-Man came to eat there. He pecked at Miti's face (to indicate his love), and her whole nose was covered with scratches. Oh...
6. Kilu' And The Bumblebees : 6. KLU' AND THE BUMBLEBEES. 2 Eme'mqut lived with his people. He married Klu', but they were childless. One time Eme'mqut went into p. 44 the open (country). He followed a river upstream. Then he saw numerous people. Some of them were women. Their bodies were resplendent with the reflecti...
18. The Kamak And His Wife : 18. THE KAMAK AND HIS WIFE. 1 Some people lived in a certain place. One day a kamak and his wife looked down (through the entrance-hole). They said, "Halloo! have you not some blubber?"--"There is some in the cache." They entered the cache, and began to eat blubber. Then they sang, "It tastes well...
Appendix Ii. Constellations : p. 104 APPENDIX II. CONSTELLATIONS. NOTE.--In the lists given below, the numbers in parentheses indicate different dialects, as follows: (1) Chukchee. (4) Koryak of Qare'In. (2) Koryak of Paren, according to Jochelson. 1 (5) Koryak of Lesna. (3) Koryak of Kamenskoye. (6) Kamchadal of the coast...
Introduction : p. 1 INTRODUCTION. THE collection of Koryak texts here published was made as part of the field-work of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History. Since the Museum does not allow sufficient space for the publication of all the linguistic material, which naturally...
Untitled : KORYAK TEXTS BY WALDEMAR BOGORAS [1917] This is a collection of mythological texts from the Koryak, a traditional people who live on the Kamchatka peninsula, in the far east of Russia. The similarity of these tales to native American folklore, particularly from the Northwestern region, is very...
Title Page : KORYAK TEXTS BY WALDEMAR BOGORAS Publications Of The American Ethnological Society Edited By FRANZ BOAS Volume V E. J. BRILL, Limited PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS LEYDEN G. E. Stechert & Co., New York, Agents [1917] Scanned , September, 2003. J. B. Hare, Redactor. This Text Is In The Public Dom...
15. Eme'mqut And The Perches : 15. EME'MQUT AND THE PERCHES. 1 Eme'mqut went into the open and found a village. They were catching winter fish with drag-nets. The fish were small perches. He dragged a net along that fishing-river, and filled with fish a set of drying-poles. He made such a set. Very quickly he constructed those...
Note : p. iv NOTE. The present volume was intended to include a collection of Kamchadal texts. Owing to the war, it has been impossible to communicate with Mr. Bogoras; and since the volume has been in type for over two years, it seems best to publish the collection of Koryak texts alone. There is some...
Appendix I. Songs : p. 103 APPENDIX I. SONGS. 1 1. Qayiu'n a'no e'wa. Qo'txIinu mInai'awnau. 'mma It seems there he says. Qutx and his family I will call of them. I aatvaaa'wlen. 'mma Yeme'Inu mInai'awnau. with a wife Aatva'a (Strongly-Sitting-One). I the people of Ye'me I will call of them. It seems that I am going...
24. Kilu' And Monster Man : p. 99 24. KLU' AND MONSTER-MAN. Yini'a-awut and her sister went out for a walk. Yini'a-awut looked ahead and espied something. "What is there? Look at it!" Klu' looked, and it fell down. "Just now you said, 'What is coming there?' And it fell down again." They came home and made a fire. Then there...
23. Big Raven And Fish Woman : 23. BIG-RAVEN AND FISH-WOMAN. 1 Big-Raven lived with his family. They had nothing to eat. He went to the sea, and found there Fish-Woman. 2 He brought her home. She cast forth spawn and they ate it. Then Big-Raven married Fish-Woman. Miti' grew jealous. Big-Raven went into the open. Then Miti'...
7. Eme'mqut's Whale Festival : 7. EME'MQUT'S WHALE-FESTIVAL. 1 Eme'mqut and his people were living. They were hunting whales, and killed one whale. They took it home. Then they arranged a thanksgiving ceremonial. They gathered together all the reindeer-breeding people, also the Magpies (namely, Magpie-Women). "Magpie-Woman, you...
17. How Big Raven's Daughter Was Swallowed : 17. HOW BIG-RAVEN'S DAUGHTER WAS SWALLOWED BY A KAMAK. 1 Big-Raven was living with his people. One of his daughters was (almost) eaten by lice. They shook her combination suit, and found there one small louse. (Big-Raven) said to his wife, "What shall we do with it?" The woman said, "What will you...
3. The Mouse Girls : 3. THE MOUSE-GIRLS. 1 Mouse-Girl said, "Let us play!", They played, and one of them lost a tooth, the youngest one of all. They said to her, "How did you lose this tooth?" She said, "I was p. 33 shot by the Envious-One from heaven. By his arrow I lost my tooth. Now I shall die, how can I live?"...
10. Eme'mqut And Fox Woman : 10. EME'MQUT AND FOX-WOMAN. 1 Eme'mqut married Fox-Woman. He said, "I will go and get some blubber from our summer place." He arrived there. One of the flippers of his blubber-bag was gnawed at by a mouse. The mouse was dead. He found it and said, "What is it, a wolverene?" He loaded it on his...
1. Little Bird Man And Raven Man : p. 12 I. LITTLE-BIRD-MAN AND RAVEN-MAN. 1 Raven-Man and Little-Bird-Man wooed (the daughter) of Big-Raven. Big-Raven preferred Little- Bird-Man. He said, "I will give my daughter to Little-Bird-Man." Miti' said, "I will give my daughter to Raven-Man." After that Raven-Man would go out secretly. He...
8. Eme'mqut And Ila : 8. EME'MQUT AND ILA'. 1 Big-Raven was living with his people. Eme'mqut (his son) had no wife. Eme'mqut went out, and found outside an old man who was (busy) making ornamented (tobacco-) mortars. He said to him, "What kind of (tobacco-) mortars are you making?" The other one said, ("Go ...
22. Eme'mqut And Envious One : p. 92 p. 93 22. EME'MQUT AND ENVIOUS-ONE. 1 The next morning Eme'mqut saw Envious-One, and he said -to him, "Where did you see him? Let us go and visit him." Again they visited him, and said t o him. "Oh, wait! we are going to roast the omasum on a flat stone." Then Eme'mqut left Envious-One. He...
2. Big Raven And The Mice : 2. BIG-RAVEN AND THE MICE. 1 Some Mouse-Girls walked along the seashore. The youngest Mouse also wanted to follow. Her mother said, "Tie her (and leave her) on the seashore." They bound her with two strings of her diaper. She began to squeal, "Pawawawa'!" and they said, "What is it?"--"I have found...
20. Yini'a Nawgut And Kilu's Marriage With : 20. YINI'A-AWUT AND KLU'S MARRIAGE WITH FISH-MAN. 3 Big-Raven lived with his family. Klu' said to Yini'a-awut, "Let us go for a walk!" They went out walking, and they took a fish-head for (travelling-)provisions. They came to a certain place and began to eat. (Klu') threw at her (cousin)...
12. Ermine People. Ii : p. 63 12. ERMINE-PEOPLE.--II. Ermine-People lived. After some time Ermine-Woman brought forth a son. Ermine-Man said, "Ermine-Woman has brought forth a son. [He said,] With what shall we cut the navel-string?"--"With-Smell-Pusher-Away has an axe."--"O Smell-Pusher! have you an axe?"--"No, (I have...
5. Big Raven And The Kamaks : p. 42 5. BIG-RAVEN AND THE KAMAKS. Raven-Big said, "I will slide down hill." [He slid down hill.] He went and found a mountain, which was the largest of all. From that mountain he slid down, and rolled into the porch of the house of the kamaks 1. There he came in. Small kamaks went to the porch...
14. Eme'mqut And Shellfish Girl : p. 70 p. 71 14. EME'MQUT AND SHELLFISH-GIRL. Dig-Raven lived with his people. Oh, Eme'mqut walked along the seashore, and found some shellfish. He detached one shellfish, and it began to whimper, "Iii'!" He said, "Cease your crying! Yonder among the stone-pine bushes (lies) your detached hood." Oh...
Publisher's Errata : p. vii ERRATA. p. 66, last line of footnote. for "bring" read "being." p. 82, title, for footnote reference read p. 82, footnote, for "1" read "2". p. 86, last line of footnote, for "part ii" read "part i." P. 91, title, omit reference 1. p. 93, 6th line from bottom of text, for "came" read "come...
13. Eme'mqut And The Kamaks : 13. EME'MQUT AND THE KAMAKS. 3 Eme'mqut lived with his family. One time he went into the open and found there a house. (A voice from) p. 68 p. 69 there said, "Halloo, a'wa! is that you? How are you getting along with your human game?" 2 He said, "Well, we two have killed some wild reindeer. How is...
11. Ermine People. I : p. 62 11. ERMINE-PEOPLE.--I. Ermine-People were living. One Ermine-Man came home, and said, "You are asked to live with Big-Raven's people." He was telling lies. Nothing of the sort was said to him. They came to that house, and wanted to enter. Then they were beaten severely. They went away...
19. Gull Woman And Cormorant Woman : 19. GULL-WOMAN AND CORMORANT-WOMAN. 2 Gull-Woman lived with a companion, who was her female cousin. They sat sewing. Cormorant-Woman (i. e., the cousin in question) said, "While no one comes to the cave, I will go and prepare my sinew-thread." At the same time Big-Kamak said, "I will walk along...
21. Big Raven And Fox : p. 90 p. 91 21. BIG-RAVEN AND FOX. 1 Big-Raven walked along the sand-spit, and found a small ringed-seal. He said, "It seems that if it were a good catch, it would not lie so far (from the water)." He kicked it, and threw it into the sea. He walked farther on, and found a spotted seal. He said...