Small genres of Evenk folklore

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Burykin, A.A

Malye Zhanry Evenkskogo Fol`klora

Zagadki. Poslovitsy i Pogovorki. Zaprety-Oberegi. Obychai i Predpisaniia. Primety: Issledovaniia i Teksty

[ Small genres of Evenk folklore : Enigmas. Sayings and proverbs. Protections and spells. Traditions and directions. Tokens: Studies and texts]

St. Petersburg: Peterburgskoe Vostokovedenie, 2001
275 p
pbk. 14 x 21.5 cm. Printing 500
ISBN: 5858031803
Language: Russian and Evenk

This is the first Russian folklore literature parallel text (Evenk and Russian) publication of all known small forms of Evenk folklore. Includes 1,100 entries. About one fourth of them were collected by the author in Magadan Oblast, Kamchatka, and Chukotka. The rest of the texts are taken from the publications of the 1930-1960s, published in small printing. Most of the texts are translated into Russian for the first time. Aleksei Burykin (b. 1954), is the author of over 270 scholarly works in linguistics and ethnography.

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» Humanities » Folklore, Folk Art, and Folklore Studies

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