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CONTENTS.
By WALDEMAR BOGORAS.
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| Chukchee Texts | | | 3 |
| I. | Introduction | | 3 |
| II. | Myths and Tales | | 7 |
| | 1. | (The Ai´wan Shamans) | 7 |
| | 2. | (The Woman and the Lake-Spirit) | 26 |
| | 3. | (The Girl and the Skull) | 28 |
| | 4. | (The Youth who received Supernatural Powers from the Ke´let) | 34 |
| | 5. | (Contest with the Ke´let). | 42 |
| | 6. | (The Ai´wan and the Reindeer-Breeder) | 46 |
| | 7. | (The Visit of the Ke´let) | 51 |
| | 8. | (The Child-Monster) | 53 |
| | 9. | (The Orphan) | 58 |
| | 10. | (U´mqäqäi's Adventure) | 61 |
| | 11. | (The Adventures of the Brothers) | 64 |
| | 12. | (The Children carried away by a Giant) | 73 |
| | 13. | The Raven and the Girls (Valvị´yñị-lŭ´mñịl) | 75 |
| | 14. | A Tale of the Raven Ku´urkịl (Ku´urkịl Lŭ´mñịl) | 77 |
| | 15. | A Story about a Polygamist (Lị´mịlịn Lŭ´mñịl) | 83 |
| | 16. | (The Woman who married the Moon and the Ke´lẹ) | 86 |
| | 17. | (Battle with the Ta´n·ñịt) | 97 |
| | 18. | Two Shamans (Eñe´ñịlịt ñi´räq) | 100 |
| | 19. | (The Man who married a Sky-Girl) | 107 |
| | 20. | (The Man who visited the Polar Bears) | 112 |
| | 21. | (The Shaman and the Ke´let) | 119 |
| III. | Incantations | | 124 |
| | 1. | (Incantion on Behalf of a Sick Person) | 124 |
| | 2. | Pintail-Duck Incantation (Valo´k-ê´wġan, Yelke´kin ê´wġan) (Middle-Anadyr Incantation) | 127 |
| | 3. | Incantation for taming Wild Reindeer (Qaalva´t-ê´wġan) | 128 |
| | 4. | (Incantation to ward off Ke´let) | 129 |
| | 5. | Fortifying Incantation against the Coming of Ke´let (Tanomña´tkên Vêwġa´n) | 130 |
| | 6. | For Hunting Sea-Game | 132 |
| | 7. | To Cure a Sick Man | 132 |
| | 8. | Incantation for Pains in the Stomach (Nanqatẹ´lkên ê´wġan) | 133 |
| | 9. | Incantation to bring back the Dying | 135 |
| | 10. | Incantation (used by) a Woman rejected by her Husband and Jealous of her Rival (Ê´wġan ñe´us·qätä uwäɛ´qučita ẹ´nku lị´nyo) | 136 |
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| IV. | Songs | | 138 |
| V. | Proverbs, Riddles, Sayings | | 146 |
| Chukchee Texts | | | 151 |
| I. | Creation Tales | | 151 |
| | 1. | Raven Tale | 151 |
| | 2. | The Hare Tale | 155 |
| | 3. | Story of Raven and Wolverene | 156 |
| | 4. | Raven and Owl | 158 |
| II. | Miscellaneous Tales | | 159 |
| | 1. | The Sacrifice to the Dead | 159 |
| | 2. | The Re´kkẹñ | 160 |
| | 3. | (The Reindeer-Breeder and the Ai´wan) | 162 |
| | 4. | (The Orphan) | 165 |
| | 5. | (Story of Object-of-Loathing) | 166 |
| | 6. | (The Visitor) | 167 |
| | 7. | (The Polygamist) | 169 |
| | 8. | (The Giant) | 170 |
| | 9. | (Sacrifice to the Sea) | 171 |
| | 10. | (The Monster-Woman) | 172 |
| | 11. | (Reindeer-Born) | 173 |
| | 12. | Tale about Qolênto´ | 176 |
| | 13. | (The Girl in the Stone Chest) | 180 |
| | 14. | (The Girls as Avengers) | 181 |
| III. | War Tales | | 182 |
| | 1. | Ma´nê and Mana´qton | 182 |
| | 2. | (Qolênto´) | 183 |
| | 3. | (War with the Ta´n·ñịt) | 185 |
| IV. | Tales of Russianized Natives | | 186 |
| | 1. | (Sea-Jumper) | 186 |
| | 2. | (Reindeer-Born) | 190 |
| | 3. | (Hare Story) | 192 |
| | 4. | (Raven and She-Fox) | 193 |
| | 5. | (The Boy who married the Sun) | 195 |