Tales of Yukaghir: Lamut and Russianized Natives of Eastern Siberia [Paperback]

First published in English in 1918 by the American Museum of Natural History in its series of Anthropological Papers, the stories told here in Tales of Yukaghir were collected among Russianized natives of Eastern Siberia at the end of the nineteenth-century while Bogaras was exiled into North-Eastern Siberia for revolutionary activities. These tales tell of kings, young heroes on horseback, and adventurous animals with varied powers, relating details of native life that clearly show their Russian or Turko-Mongol provenance. In addition to delighting audiences around the world, Bogoras's work in ethnography and ethnology proved valuable to the development of the field of linguistics.Tales of adventure and courage among the peoples of Eastern SiberiaIntroduction '(Tale about the Three Storks)(Reindeer-Born)TALES OF THE LAMUTChaun StoryA Tale of the Chukchee Invasion(A Story about Cannibals)(A Tale about Stingy Reindeer-Owners)Story of an Arctic Fox(Wolves and Men)Bear, Wolverene, and Wolf Story(A Lamut Man turned into Stone)(A Shaman and a Boy)(The Lamut and the Russian)KOLYMA TALESOne-SideA Yukaghir TaleYukaghir TaleA Bear TaleGrass-Blade GirlThe Alder-BlockYukaghir TaleTale about Cu'moYukaghir TaleThe She-MonsterThe Monster with Iron TeethThe Girl from the Grave-BoxSmall-Pox, a Yukaghir Tale Second VersionTale of a ShamanTale of a ShamanA Hunting TaleStory about the Bad MerchantStepmother and StepdaughterSea-Wanderers' DaughtersThe Tale of La'la (Kolyma Version)The Tale of La'la (Anadyr Version)The Woman's HeadThe Big PikeStory of the Fish-WomanYukaghir MannersA Story of MachekurThe Mouse and the Snow-BuntingA Christmas StoryStory of a Foolish WomanStory of the Forest DemonStory of Transformed BearsCHILDREN'S STORIESStory of an Old Woman and Her Three DaughtersStory of KundarikStory about YaghishnaStory of Hungry ChildrenStory of Five BrothersStory about a Crazy Old ManStory about Two GirlsStory of the Tom-Cat and the CookStory of Elk's HeadStory of a Small GirlStolc»