Research Catalog

Title

The flying tiger : women shamans and storytellers of the Amur / Kira Van Deusen.

Author

Van Deusen, Kira, 1946-

Publication

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2001], ©2001.

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Description

xxii, 260 pages : illustrations, map, portraits; 23 cm.

Series Statement

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 25

Uniform Title

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 25.

Subject

• Women shamans > Amur River Valley (China and Russia) > Folklore
• Evenki (Asian people) > Folklore
• Legends > Amur River Valley (China and Russia)
• Tales > Amur River Valley (China and Russia)
• Femmes chamans > Amour, Vallée de l' (Chine et Russie) > Folklore
• Toungouses > Folklore
• Légendes > Amour, Vallée de l' (Chine et Russie)
• Contes > Amour, Vallée de l' (Chine et Russie)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Shamanic Storytelling of the Amur Region -- 1. Udegei Storytellers in Gvasyugi. Two girls and Kanda Mafa / Eofu Sisilievich Kimonko. Kanda Mafa and the Bones / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga. The Seagull / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga. Crow and Otter / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga. Biatu and Belye / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga. The Ice Mountain / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga. Yegdyga and the Seal / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga -- 2. More Stories from Gvasyugi. Sister and Brother / Evdokia Batovna Kyalundzyuga. The Girl Who Married a Crow / Evdokia Batovna Kyalundzyuga. Two Sisters / Evdokia Batovna Kyalundzyuga -- 3. Nivkh Storytelling in Nikolaevsk-na-Amure. Nivkh Writing / Maria Semyonovna Pimgun. Knee Bump (Swan Girl) / Klavdia Ivanovna Tidip -- 4. Nanai Storytelling in Dada and Jari. Frog and Mouse / Maria Grigorievna Beldi. The Terrible Frog / Maria Grigorievna Beldi. The Girl in the Ice / Maria Grigorievna Beldi.
• Endohochen / Anna Petrovna Khodzher. The Boy Who Went to a Forbidden Place / Anna Petrovna Khodzher. Duchieke / Anna Petrovna Khodzher -- 5. Nanai Storytelling in Nergen and Naikhin. Violetta's Legends / Violetta Khodzher. The Mosquito Net / Tomto Vasilievna Beldi. Frog, Mouse, and Moose / Anna Petrovna Khodzher. Pole, Caviar, Bladder, Haystack, and Bigeyes / Anna Petrovna Khodzher. The Lazy Boy / Anna Petrovna Khodzher. The Puppy / Anna Petrovna Khodzher. Tiger Story / Nikolai Petrovich Beldi. The Passar Shaman / Nikolai Petrovich Beldi. Applesauce / Mingo Chusanbovna Geiker -- 6. Gvasyugi Storytelling. Gounya / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga. The Monkeys / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga. Palam Padu - The Hunter's Bag / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga. Six Brothers and the Squirrels / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga. Toad Wife / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga. Seven Girls / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga.
• Belye and Naundyaka / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga. Gamuli / Valentina Tunsyanovna Kyalundzyuga -- 7. Ul'ichi Storytelling in Bulava. Ul'chi Bear Ceremony / Nadezhda Duvan. Two Sisters / Ymynda Ycha. Memories of a Shaman / Chana Marfan. The Sheat-fish / Sophia Anga. How Anga Became a Shaman / Sophia Anga. The Tiger Husband / Sophia Anga. Anga's Grandfather and the Tiger / Sophia Anga. Two Girls Who Married Tigers / Mado Sopchovna Dechuli. The Boy and the Tiger / Nina Vasilievna Munina. The Swan Girls / Anna Alexeevna (Nyura) Kavda. The Taimen Girl / Anna Alexeevna (Nyura) Kavda -- 8. Nanai Storytelling in Nizhnye Khalby and Kondon. The Geiker Clans / Valentin Ilych Geiker. The Flea Drum / Lyubov Feodorovna Samar. Lakicho / Lyubov Feodorovna Samar. The Girl and the Skull / Lyubov Feodorovna Samar. Bear and Fox / Lyubov Feodorovna Samar. Girl-Bride and Frog-Bride / Ksenia Ivanovna Digor. Two Old Women and Their Pants / Ksenia Ivanovna Digor.
• The Crocodile / Maria Borisovna Kile -- App. History of the Amur Peoples -- App. Readings on Siberian Shamanism.

ISBN

• 0773521550 (bound) :
• 0773521569 (pbk.) :

OCLC

• ocm44674176
• SCSB-4130398

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