Asia

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• 1. (Incantation on Behalf of a Sick Person.)

  When a man is suffering, they call the Man from the Upper Region, and they speak thus: "Well, then, come down! I want to use you for my…

• 1. (Sea-Jumper.)

  There were an old man and an old woman. They had two sons. The elder son wanted to sharpen his knife.

• 1. (The Ai´wan Shamans.)

  Once in olden times, the Ai´wan and the people of St. Lawrence Island were at war. One man from this shore met with misfortune through the…

• 1. Ma´nê and Mana´qton.

  (Äqälịle´tkin pị´ñịltê, "[Of those] who led war tidings"). There were two brothers, Ma´nê and Mana´qton. In war times Mana´qton was taken…

• 1. Raven Tale.

  Raven and his wife live together, — the first one, not created by any one, Raven, the one self-created. The ground upon which they live is…

• 1. The Sacrifice to the Dead.

  There was a group of houses standing on the shore, — a long row of houses. One girl awoke early in the morning, and began to scrape skins…

• 10. (The Monster-Woman.)

  A man who had a wife went to hunt wild reindeer. He walked around all day, and could not find anything. Evening came.

• 10. (U´mqäqäi's Adventure.)

  This, indeed, is not a story, it is actual fact concerning somewhat ancient times. A certain man lived in the olden time. In those days the…

• 10. Incantation (used by) a Woman rejected by her Husband...

  Then you are this woman! You have so much of my husband's love, that he begins to reject me. But you are not a human being.

• 11. (Reindeer-Born.)

  There was an old man who had a large herd. He had also six sons, who kept watch over the herd by night and day. One day a tumor began to…

• 11. (The Adventures of the Brothers.)

  A company of brothers went to sea in a boat. They were caught by a foul wind and carried away to another land. They lost their way in a…

• 12. (The Children carried away by a Giant.)

  One time a man was hunting whales. And he killed a great number of whales. They departed in skin boats.

• 12. Tale about Qolênto´.

  Near the village Nunäɛ´mun in a place called Ci´ni, an orphan boy lived with his aged grandmother. The boy was all covered with scabs, and…

• 13. (The Girl in the Stone Chest.)

  There lived an old man who had an only daughter. He kept her in a large stone chest. Although her suitors were many, they could not do…

• 13. The Raven and the Girls (Valvị´yñị-lŭ´mñịl).

  One time a company of little girls found upon the seashore a little seal. Then Raven saw them. Therefore they put the little seal under…

• 14. (The Girls as Avengers.)

  There was a hunter, a very good one, the only one in the village. He was killing ringed seals, large thong-seals. Five brothers, doers of…

• 14. A Tale of the Raven Ku´urkịl (Ku´urkịl Lŭ´mñịl).

  Once (upon a time) there was a (young) girl, a daughter of Ku´urkịl.2 p. 78 Her father made a public call for suitors. Everybody assembled…

• 15. Lị´mịlịn Lŭ´mñịl (A Story about a Polygamist.)

  Once (there lived) a polygamist. He said to his wives, "One (of you) have a fur shirt made, and the other have some trousers made, and let…

• 16. (The Woman who married the Moon and the Ke´lẹ.)

  There was a house. A woman of the human people (who lived in it) was deserted by her husband. She was starving, and (at last) was crawling…

• 17. (Battle with the Ta´n·ñịt.)

  In the olden times, in some (part of the country,) people were at war. There were a "set of brothers" with a sister. The girl was quite…

• 18. Two Shamans (Eñe´ñịlịt ñi´räq).

  There were two shamans. One was Teñququ´ñị, the other Rịġowa´ʟị.1 (They lived in) a village. Then the Re´kkeñ attacked them: they wanted to…

• 19. (The Man who married a Sky-Girl.)

  Once there was a father.1 He had five (grown-up) sons. The sixth one was a boy, a young lad, indeed a half-grown youth. All the others were…

• 2. (Qolênto´.)

  A man lived at the village of Kiġi´ni. He had two sons. The Sun-Chief (Tirk-e´rem1) sent his men to this country.

• 2. (Reindeer-Born.)

  There lived a man who had one son. This son was all the time with the reindeer-herd. One time he came to the herd and saw that one…

• 2. (The Woman and the Lake-Spirit.)

  A girl refused to be married at the behest of her father. "To whom do you want to be married? You do not consent to be married to a man.

• 2. Pintail-Duck Incantation (Valo´k-ê´wġan, Yelke´kin ê´w...

  This is to call game. I call every game, every living thing, from the very first limit of creation. A young pintail-duck I use for my…

• 2. The Hare Tale.

  In the olden time it was dark on the earth. The ke´let stole the sun and took it away to their house. There they played ball with it.

• 2. The Re´kkẹñ.

  There lived once a people that were Re´kkẹñ.1 They were rich in reindeer and had a large herd. One of them wanted to visit men. He said to…

• 20. (The Man who visited the Polar Bears.)

  Once (there were) two Polar-Bear women, They landed (on shore. They were) very pretty. On the land a man saw them.

• 21. (The Shaman and the Ke´let.)

  Once — of whom shall I speak (now)? One time Tño´tirġịn, [a man, indeed] a shaman, walked up river. Then he saw two men driving reindeer.

• 3. (Hare Story.)

  There was a Hare. He lived with his wife. They had no children.

• 3. (The Girl and the Skull.)

  Once upon a time there was an old man and his wife. They were three in the family. Their daughter was the third.

• 3. (The Reindeer-Breeder and the Ai´wan.)

  A wealthy reindeer-breeder lived on the seashore. He had no sons, but four daughters, who kept watch over the herd. He had two large herds…

• 3. (War with the Ta´n·ñịt.)

  There lived two brothers, Čịnto´urġịn and Añqa´lqan. Their houses were very poor. Some Ta´n·ñịt warriors came, ten in number, all driving…

• 3. Incantation for taming Wild Reindeer (Qaalva´t-ê´wġan).

  When a wild reindeer-buck that has just shed his hair joins a domesticated herd, [the man] the owner [of the herd] says, "Let us try and…

• 3. Story of Raven and Wolverene.

  Once there lived Raven and Wolverene. Wolverene took Raven's girl for a daughter-in-law. They ill-treated her, beat her all the time; then…

• 4. (Incantation to ward off Ke´let).

  When evening comes, I tie up two big bears on either side of the entrance of my (house), and I speak thus: "Oh, you are so big (and…

• 4. (Raven and She-Fox.)

  A Raven married a Fox-Woman. They had nothing to eat. The Raven said, "Now I am going to the Sea-Spirit." His wife laughed.

• 4. (The Orphan.)

  The parents of an only daughter, being very old, are living with her. The daughter, who is very able-bodied, goes hunting, and brings home…

• 4. (The Youth who received Supernatural Powers from the K...

  Once upon a time there was another man who lived in a single house. There were only three of them. The son was suffering, so the parents…

• 4. Raven and Owl.

  Raven and Owl fought for a hare. Owl caught Raven by the throat with one of his claws. Raven cries, "Don't you dare to eat my hare!

• 5. (Contest with the Ke´let.)

  Free Translation. One time there was a man whose sons were all dying. He became old, and was left without sons.

• 5. (Story of Object-of-Loathing.)

  Object-of-Loathing (Êkịrka´ịrġịn) lives with his uncle. He stays with the herd. All the time he is busy with the reindeer; but his uncle…

• 5. (The Boy who married the Sun.)

  A man lived in a Maritime settlement. He had seven grown-up sons. They were travelling in a boat, and hunting whales and walruses.

• 5. Fortifying Incantation against the Coming of Ke´let (T...

  I make the house of human people into a (closed) iron ball [house]. It has no entrance and no windows, and there is only a small vent-hole…

• 6. (The Ai´wan and the Reindeer-Breeder.)

  In olden times there was an Ai´wan warrior who hunted whales. He had killed a whale. He had a reindeer-breeding neighbor.

• 6. (The Visitor.)

  Two men lived as neighbors in the same camp. One had a number of children. They remained for a long time in the country Ve´qän, but saw no…

• 6. For Hunting Sea-Game.

  This is an incantation for (hunting) sea-game. When hunters, having gone out in a boat, have found a herd of walrus sleeping on the ice…

• 7. (The Polygamist.)

  There lived a polygamist (lị´mịlịn). He had two wives. By the older wife he had two daughters; by the younger, no children at all.

• 7. (The Visit of the Ke´let.)

  Once a small house stood alone in the wilderness. The ke´let were going to visit it. Only a woman and her children were at home.

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