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CONTENTS.

 

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INTRODUCTION

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I. TALES OF THE TUNDRA YUKAGHIR

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    1. (THE GIRL AND THE EVIL SPIRIT)

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    2. (A TALE ABOUT THE WOOD-MASTER)

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    3. (TALE ABOUT THE SEA-SPIRIT)

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    4. (THE SLY YOUNG MAN)

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    5. (CREATION STORY)

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    6. (THE SHAMAN WHO TURNED INTO A Fox)

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    7. (TALE ABOUT THREE STORKS)

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    8. (REINDEER-BORN)

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II. TALES OF THE LAMUT

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    1. CHAUN STORY

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    2. A TALE OF THE CHUKCHEE INVASION

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    3. (STORY ABOUT CANNIBALS)

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    4. (A TALE ABOUT STINGY REINDEER-OWNERS)

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    5. STORY OF AN ARCTIC FOX

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    6. (WOLVES AND MEN)

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    7. BEAR, WOLVERENE, AND WOLF STORY

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    8. (A LAMUT MAN TURNED INTO STONE)

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    9. (A SHAMAN AND A BOY)

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    10. (THE LAMUT AND THE RUSSIAN

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III. KOLYMA TALES

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    1. ONE-SIDE

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    2. A YUKAGHIR TALE

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    3. RAVEN TALE

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    4. YUKAGHIR TALE

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    5. A BEAR TALE

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    6. GRASS-BLADE GIRL

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    7. THE ALDER-BLOCK

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    8. YUKAGHIR TALE

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    9. TALE ABOUT ČU'MO

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    10. YUKAGHIR TALE

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    11. THE SHE-MONSTER

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    12. THE MONSTER WITH IRON TEETH

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    13. THE GIRL FROM THE GRAVE-BOX

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    14. SMALL-POX, A YUKAGHIR TALE

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    15. TALE OF A SHAMAN

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    16. TALE OF A SHAMAN

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    17. A HUNTING TALE

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    18. STORY ABOUT THE BAD MERCHANT

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    19. STEPMOTHER AND STEPDAUGHTER

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    21. SEA-WANDERERS

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    22. THE TALE OF LA'LA (KOLYMA VERSION)

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    23. THE TALE OF LA'LA (ANADYR VERSION)

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    24. THE WOMAN'S HEAD

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    25. THE BIG PIKE

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    26. STORY OF THE FISH-WOMAN

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    27. YUKAGHIR MANNERS

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    28. A STORY OF MACHEKUR

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    29. THE MOUSE AND THE SNOW-BUNTING

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    30. A CHRISTMAS STORY

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    31. STORY OF A FOOLISH WOMAN

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    32. STORY OF THE FOREST DEMON

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    33. STORY OF TRANSFORMED BEARS

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IV. CHILDREN'S STORIES

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    1. STORY OF AN OLD WOMAN AND HER THREE DAUGHTERS

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    2. STORY OF KUNDARIK

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    3. STORY ABOUT YAGHISHNA

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    4. STORY OF HUNGRY CHILDREN

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    5. STORY OF FIVE BROTHERS

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    6. STORY ABOUT A CRAZY OLD MAN

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    7. STORY ABOUT TWO GIRLS

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    8. STORY OF THE TOM-CAT AND THE COOK

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    9. STORY OF ELK'S HEAD

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    10. STORY OF A SMALL GIRL

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    11. STORY ABOUT YAGHISHNA

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V. MARKOVA TALES

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    1. LAMUT TALE

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    2. A LAMUT TALE

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    3. YUKAGHIR TALE

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    4. A MARKOVA TALE

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    5. A MARKOVA TALE

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    6. A MARKOVA TALE

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    7. SISTER AND BROTHER MARRIED

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    8. A LAMUT TALE

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    9. A YUKAGHIR TALE

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VI. ANADYR TALES

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    10. A CHUVANTZI TALE (ANADYR VERSION)

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    11. LAY OF BÓNDANDI (KOLYMA VERSION)

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    12. STORY ABOUT KUNDIRIK

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    13. A MARKOVA TALE

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    14. STORY OF A STEPMOTHER AND HER STEPDAUGHTERS

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    15. STORY OF MAGUS

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    16. STORY OF GEGE-WOMAN

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    17. STORY OF HERETICS WITH IRON TEETH

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    18. STORY OF THE FOX AND THE WOLF

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