Machine generated contents note: 1 Udegei Storytellers in Gvasyugi 3
EOFU SISILIEVICH KIMONKO
Two girls and Kanda Mafa 9
VALENTINA TUNSYANOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA
Kanda Mafa and the Bones 1
The Seagull 18
Crow and Otter 21
Biatu and Belye 24
The Ice Mountain 29
Yegdyga and the Seal 32
2 More Stories from Gvasyugi 34
EVDOKIA BATOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA
Sister and Brother 39
The Girl Who Married a Crow 49
Two Sisters 52
3 Nivkh Storytelling in Nikolaevsk-na-Amure 58
MARIA SEMYONOVNA PIMGUN
Nivkh Writing 62
KLAVDIA IVANOVNA TIDIP
Knee Bump (Swan Girl) 63
4 Nanai Storytelling in Dada and Jari 71
MARIA GRIGORIEVNA BELDI
Frog and Mouse 74
The Terrible Frog 76
The Girl in the Ice 78
ANNA PETROVNA KHODZHER
Endohochen 82
The Boy Who Went to a Forbidden Place 89
Duchieke 91
5 Nanai Storytelling in Nergen and Naikhin 94
VIOLETTA KHODZHER
Violetta's Legends 96
TOMTO VASILIEVNA BELDI
The Mosquito Net 97
ANNA PETROVNA KHODZHER
Frog, Mouse, and Moose loo
Pole, Caviar, Bladder, Haystack, and Bigeyes 103
The Lazy Boy 104
The Puppy 105
NIKOLAI PETROVICH BELDI
Tiger Story 1o ^
The Passar Shaman 111
MINGO CHUSANBOVNA GEIKER
Applesauce 112
6 Gvasyugi Storytelling 117
VALENTINA TUNSYANOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA
Gounya 123
The Monkeys 126
Palam Padu - The Hunter's Bag 128
Six Brothers and the Squirrels 132
Toad Wife 136
Seven Girls 138
Belye and Naundyaka 140
Gamuli 144
7 Ul'chi Storytelling in Bulava 148
NADEZHDA DUVAN
Ul'chi Bear Ceremony 154
YMYNDA YCHA
Two Sisters 155
CHANA MARFAN
Memories of a Shaman 161
SOPHIA ANGA
The Sheat-fish 166
How Anga Became a Shaman 170
The Tiger Husband 171
Anga's Grandfather and the Tiger 173
MADO SOPCHOVNA DECHULI
Two Girls Who Married Tigers 174
NINA VASILIEVNA MUNINA
The Boy and the Tiger 176
ANNA ALEXEEVNA (NYURA) KAVDA
The Swan Girls 180
The Taimen Girl 182
8 Nanai Storytelling in Nizhnye Khalby
and Kondon 185
VALENTIN ILYCH GEIKER
The Geiker Clans 187
LYUBOV FEODOROVNA SAMAR
The Flea Drum 192
Lakicho 197
The Girl and the Skull 201
Bear and Fox 204
KSENIA IVANOVNA DIGOR (PURMA BOGDANOVNA)
Girl-Bride and Frog-Bride 208
Two Old Women and Their Pants 212
MARIA BORISOVNA KILE
The Crocodile 217
Appendices
History of the Amur Peoples 227
Readings on Siberian Shamanism 237.