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The flying tiger : women shamans and storytellers of the Amur / Kira Van Deusen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Deusen, Kira, 1946-
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 26.
- McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 26
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Amur River Valley (China and Russia).
- Tales.
- Women storytellers--Amur River Valley (China and Russia).
- Women storytellers.
- Women shamans--Amur River Valley (China and Russia).
- Women shamans.
- Evenki (Asian people)--Folklore.
- Evenki (Asian people).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 260 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Describes the lives of the people of the Amur during a period of dramatic transition, as they attempt to find some way to relate ancient traditions to an uncertain future. The author emphasizes the contributions of women in traditional and contemporary society, and their concerns with ecology and the education of children.
- Contents:
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-85912-9
- 9786612859120
- 0-7735-6900-6
- OCLC:
- 647570072
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