Inari Sámi Folklore : Stories from Aanaar

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koskimies, Aukusti Valdemar, 1856-1929, author.

Itkonen, T. I. (Toivo Immanuel), 1891-1968, author.

Contributor:

Laitinen, Lea, editor.

Frandy, Tim, editor, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk literature, Sami--Finland--Inari (Lapin lääni).

Folk literature, Sami.

Folklore--Finland--Inari (Lapin lääni).

Folklore.

Sami (European people)--Finland--Inari (Lapin lääni)--Folklore.

Sami (European people).

Sami (European people)--Finland--Inari (Lapin lääni)--Music.

Folk music--Finland--Inari (Lapin lääni).

Folk music.

Inari Sami dialect--Texts.

Inari Sami dialect.

Place of Publication:

University of Wisconsin Press 2019

Summary:

This anthology of folk tales, legends, joik-songs, proverbs, riddles, and omens represent the most comprehensive collection of Sámi oral tradition available in English to date. Collected in 1886 by A.V. Koskimies in the small arctic village of Aanaar (Inari), Finland, and later augmented by Toivo Itkonen and Lea Laitinen, it includes more than 150 stories and songs, and hundreds of proverbs, omens, and riddles, from nearly two dozen storytellers. It paints a picture of late nineteenth-century life in Aanaar, showing important changes occurring within the community, the hopes and fears of local people, and the complex web of social relations that existed both inside and outside the community.

Contents:

Songs

Animal tales

Fairy tales

Short tales

Humorous stories and anecdotes

Belief legends

Historical and regional legends

Stories about Cudit

Peeivih vualappa

Stories about the Skolts

Hunting stories

Personal experience narratives

Proverbs and figures of speech

Riddles

Omens and signs

Appendices.

ISBN:

9780299319038

0299319032