Inari Sámi folklore : stories from Aanaar

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

Koskimies, Aukusti Valdemar, 1856-1929 (author.). Itkonen, T. I. (Toivo Immanuel), 1891-1968 (author.). Laitinen, Lea, (editor.). Frandy, Tim, (editor,, translator.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780299319007
ISBN: 0299319008
ISBN: 9780299319045
ISBN: 0299319040
Physical Description: liii, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Originally published as Inarinlappalaista Kansantietoutta (Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, 1978)"--Title page verso.

Translated from the Finnish and the Inari Sami.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Songs -- Animal tales -- Fairy tales -- Short tales -- Humorous stories and anecdotes -- Belief legends -- Historical and regional legends -- Stories about Čuđit -- Peeivih-vuȧlȧppȧ -- Stories about the Skolt Sámi -- Hunting stories -- Personal experience narratives -- Proverbs and figures of speech -- Riddles -- Omens and signs.
Language Note:: Translated from the Finnish and Inari Sami.