Tshuktshimaa legendid
The legends of Chukchia

Summary/Abstract: Ülo Siimets's travel diary of Chukchia comes from the nights with no electric light, when men told old legends among themselves. Siimets recites many legends that he heard from Chukchies personally - i.e legends still in active circulation in 1977 - concerning incestuous marriage and marriage prohibitions. He also translated legends of the same topics from a Russian book "Chukchies" published in Leningrad (Saint-Petersburg) 1934 and written by Vladimir Bogoraz-Tan, a well-known Russian ethnologist. The material, where one can recognise international motifs and folktale types, should be of interest especially to tale researchers.

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