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

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

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 It...

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Main Authors: Koskimies, Aukusti Valdemar, 1856-1929 (Author), Itkonen, T. I. (Toivo Immanuel), 1891-1968 (Author)
Contributors: Laitinen, Lea (Editor), Frandy, Tim (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Finnish
Inari Sami
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Folk literature, Sami > Finland > Inari (Lapin lääni)
Folklore > Finland > Inari (Lapin lääni)
Sami (European people) > Finland > Inari (Lapin lääni) > Folklore.
Sami (European people) > Finland > Inari (Lapin lääni) > Music.
Folk music > Finland > Inari (Lapin lääni)
Inari Sami dialect > Texts.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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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