Tales of Yukaghir: Lamut and Russianized Natives of Eastern Siberia

by Waldemar Bogaras

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction '(Tale about the Three Storks)
(Reindeer-Born)
TALES OF THE LAMUT
Chaun Story
A 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 TALES
One-Side
A Yukaghir Tale
Yukaghir Tale
A Bear Tale
Grass-Blade Girl
The Alder-Block
Yukaghir Tale
Tale about Cu'mo
Yukaghir Tale
The She-Monster
The Monster with Iron Teeth
The Girl from the Grave-Box
Small-Pox, a Yukaghir Tale Second Version
Tale of a Shaman
Tale of a Shaman
A Hunting Tale
Story about the Bad Merchant
Stepmother and Stepdaughter
Sea-Wanderers' Daughters
The Tale of La'la (Kolyma Version)
The Tale of La'la (Anadyr Version)
The Woman's Head
The Big Pike
Story of the Fish-Woman
Yukaghir Manners
A Story of Machekur
The Mouse and the Snow-Bunting
A Christmas Story
Story of a Foolish Woman
Story of the Forest Demon
Story of Transformed Bears
CHILDREN'S STORIES
Story of an Old Woman and Her Three Daughters
Story of Kundarik
Story about Yaghishna
Story of Hungry Children
Story of Five Brothers
Story about a Crazy Old Man
Story about Two Girls
Story of the Tom-Cat and the Cook
Story of Elk's Head
Story of a Small Girl
Story about Yaghishna
MORKOVO TALES
Lamut Tale
A Lamut Tale
Yukaghir Tale
A Markovo Tale
A Markovo Tale
A Markovo Tale
Sister and Brother Married
A Lamut Tale
ANADYR TALES
A Chuvantzi Tale (Anadyr Version)
Lay of Pondandi (Kolyma Version)
Story about Kundirik
A Markovo Tale
Story of a Stepmother and her Stepdaughters
Story of Magus
Story of Gege-Woman
Story of Heretics with Iron Teeth
Story of the Fox and the Wolf
FOOTNOTES  

336 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2009