Bibliograph

Inari Sami folklore, stories from Aanaar, August V. Koskimies and Toivo I. Itkonen, revised by Lea Laitinen ; edited and translated by Tim Frandy

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Label

Inari Sami folklore, stories from Aanaar, August V. Koskimies and Toivo I. Itkonen, revised by Lea Laitinen ; edited and translated by Tim Frandy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Inari Sami folklore

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1080201965

Responsibility statement

August V. Koskimies and Toivo I. Itkonen, revised by Lea Laitinen ; edited and translated by Tim Frandy

Sub title

stories from Aanaar

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

Table Of 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

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