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| INTRODUCTION | 3 |
| I. TALES OF THE TUNDRA YUKAGHIR | 9 |
| 1. (THE GIRL AND THE EVIL SPIRIT) | 9 |
| 2. (A TALE ABOUT THE WOOD-MASTER) | 10 |
| 3. (TALE ABOUT THE SEA-SPIRIT) | 12 |
| 4. (THE SLY YOUNG MAN) | 14 |
| 5. (CREATION STORY) | 19 |
| 6. (THE SHAMAN WHO TURNED INTO A Fox) | 20 |
| 7. (TALE ABOUT THREE STORKS) | 21 |
| 8. (REINDEER-BORN) | 24 |
| II. TALES OF THE LAMUT | 26 |
| 1. CHAUN STORY | 26 |
| 2. A TALE OF THE CHUKCHEE INVASION | 28 |
| 3. (STORY ABOUT CANNIBALS) | 29 |
| 4. (A TALE ABOUT STINGY REINDEER-OWNERS) | 30 |
| 5. STORY OF AN ARCTIC FOX | 32 |
| 6. (WOLVES AND MEN) | 33 |
| 7. BEAR, WOLVERENE, AND WOLF STORY | 34 |
| 8. (A LAMUT MAN TURNED INTO STONE) | 34 |
| 9. (A SHAMAN AND A BOY) | 35 |
| 10. (THE LAMUT AND THE RUSSIAN | 36 |
| III. KOLYMA TALES | 38 |
| 1. ONE-SIDE | 38 |
| 2. A YUKAGHIR TALE | 41 |
| 3. RAVEN TALE | 44 |
| 4. YUKAGHIR TALE | 48 |
| 5. A BEAR TALE | 50 |
| 6. GRASS-BLADE GIRL | 52 |
| 7. THE ALDER-BLOCK | 55 |
| 8. YUKAGHIR TALE | 58 |
| 9. TALE ABOUT ČU'MO | 61 |
| 10. YUKAGHIR TALE | 65 |
| 11. THE SHE-MONSTER | 67 |
| 12. THE MONSTER WITH IRON TEETH | 69 |
| 13. THE GIRL FROM THE GRAVE-BOX | 72 |
| 14. SMALL-POX, A YUKAGHIR TALE | 73 |
| 15. TALE OF A SHAMAN | 75 |
| 16. TALE OF A SHAMAN | 76 |
| 17. A HUNTING TALE | 78 |
| 18. STORY ABOUT THE BAD MERCHANT | 81 |
| 19. STEPMOTHER AND STEPDAUGHTER | 83 |
| 21. SEA-WANDERERS | 86 |
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| 22. THE TALE OF LA'LA (KOLYMA VERSION) | 90 |
| 23. THE TALE OF LA'LA (ANADYR VERSION) | 95 |
| 24. THE WOMAN'S HEAD | 97 |
| 25. THE BIG PIKE | 100 |
| 26. STORY OF THE FISH-WOMAN | 101 |
| 27. YUKAGHIR MANNERS | 102 |
| 28. A STORY OF MACHEKUR | 103 |
| 29. THE MOUSE AND THE SNOW-BUNTING | 104 |
| 30. A CHRISTMAS STORY | 105 |
| 31. STORY OF A FOOLISH WOMAN | 106 |
| 32. STORY OF THE FOREST DEMON | 108 |
| 33. STORY OF TRANSFORMED BEARS | 109 |
| IV. CHILDREN'S STORIES | 111 |
| 1. STORY OF AN OLD WOMAN AND HER THREE DAUGHTERS | 111 |
| 2. STORY OF KUNDARIK | 112 |
| 3. STORY ABOUT YAGHISHNA | 112 |
| 4. STORY OF HUNGRY CHILDREN | 114 |
| 5. STORY OF FIVE BROTHERS | 115 |
| 6. STORY ABOUT A CRAZY OLD MAN | 116 |
| 7. STORY ABOUT TWO GIRLS | 117 |
| 8. STORY OF THE TOM-CAT AND THE COOK | 118 |
| 9. STORY OF ELK'S HEAD | 121 |
| 10. STORY OF A SMALL GIRL | 121 |
| 11. STORY ABOUT YAGHISHNA | 122 |
| V. MARKOVA TALES | 124 |
| 1. LAMUT TALE | 124 |
| 2. A LAMUT TALE | 126 |
| 3. YUKAGHIR TALE | 127 |
| 4. A MARKOVA TALE | 128 |
| 5. A MARKOVA TALE | 130 |
| 6. A MARKOVA TALE | 131 |
| 7. SISTER AND BROTHER MARRIED | 131 |
| 8. A LAMUT TALE | 132 |
| 9. A YUKAGHIR TALE | 133 |
| VI. ANADYR TALES | 136 |
| 10. A CHUVANTZI TALE (ANADYR VERSION) | 136 |
| 11. LAY OF BÓNDANDI (KOLYMA VERSION) | 138 |
| 12. STORY ABOUT KUNDIRIK | 139 |
| 13. A MARKOVA TALE | 141 |
| 14. STORY OF A STEPMOTHER AND HER STEPDAUGHTERS | 142 |
| 15. STORY OF MAGUS | 144 |
| 16. STORY OF GEGE-WOMAN | 145 |
| 17. STORY OF HERETICS WITH IRON TEETH | 146 |
| 18. STORY OF THE FOX AND THE WOLF | 148 |