The flying tiger
Subtitle: women shamans and storytellers of the Amur
By: Kira Van Deusen.
Series: McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;; 26
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Tales -- Amur River Valley (China and Russia); Women storytellers -- Amur River Valley (China and Russia); Women shamans -- Amur River Valley (China and Russia); Evenki (Asian people) -- Folklore; 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)
Genres: Folklore.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]-252) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Udegei Storytellers in Gvasyugi 3; title: EOFU SISILIEVICH KIMONKO; title: Two girls and Kanda Mafa 9; title: VALENTINA TUNSYANOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA; title: Kanda Mafa and the Bones 1; title: The Seagull 18; title: Crow and Otter 21; title: Biatu and Belye 24; title: The Ice Mountain 29; title: Yegdyga and the Seal 32; title: 2 More Stories from Gvasyugi 34; title: EVDOKIA BATOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA; title: Sister and Brother 39; title: The Girl Who Married a Crow 49; title: Two Sisters 52; title: 3 Nivkh Storytelling in Nikolaevsk-na-Amure 58; title: MARIA SEMYONOVNA PIMGUN; title: Nivkh Writing 62; title: KLAVDIA IVANOVNA TIDIP; title: Knee Bump (Swan Girl) 63; title: 4 Nanai Storytelling in Dada and Jari 71; title: MARIA GRIGORIEVNA BELDI; title: Frog and Mouse 74; title: The Terrible Frog 76; title: The Girl in the Ice 78; title: ANNA PETROVNA KHODZHER; title: Endohochen 82; title: The Boy Who Went to a Forbidden Place 89; title: Duchieke 91; title: 5 Nanai Storytelling in Nergen and Naikhin 94; title: VIOLETTA KHODZHER; title: Violetta's Legends 96; title: TOMTO VASILIEVNA BELDI; title: The Mosquito Net 97; title: ANNA PETROVNA KHODZHER; title: Frog, Mouse, and Moose loo; title: Pole, Caviar, Bladder, Haystack, and Bigeyes 103; title: The Lazy Boy 104; title: The Puppy 105; title: NIKOLAI PETROVICH BELDI; title: Tiger Story 1o ^; title: The Passar Shaman 111; title: MINGO CHUSANBOVNA GEIKER; title: Applesauce 112; title: 6 Gvasyugi Storytelling 117; title: VALENTINA TUNSYANOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA; title: Gounya 123; title: The Monkeys 126; title: Palam Padu - The Hunter's Bag 128; title: Six Brothers and the Squirrels 132; title: Toad Wife 136; title: Seven Girls 138; title: Belye and Naundyaka 140; title: Gamuli 144; title: 7 Ul'chi Storytelling in Bulava 148; title: NADEZHDA DUVAN; title: Ul'chi Bear Ceremony 154; title: YMYNDA YCHA; title: Two Sisters 155; title: CHANA MARFAN; title: Memories of a Shaman 161; title: SOPHIA ANGA; title: The Sheat-fish 166; title: How Anga Became a Shaman 170; title: The Tiger Husband 171; title: Anga's Grandfather and the Tiger 173; title: MADO SOPCHOVNA DECHULI; title: Two Girls Who Married Tigers 174; title: NINA VASILIEVNA MUNINA; title: The Boy and the Tiger 176; title: ANNA ALEXEEVNA (NYURA) KAVDA; title: The Swan Girls 180; title: The Taimen Girl 182; title: 8 Nanai Storytelling in Nizhnye Khalby; title: and Kondon 185; title: VALENTIN ILYCH GEIKER; title: The Geiker Clans 187; title: LYUBOV FEODOROVNA SAMAR; title: The Flea Drum 192; title: Lakicho 197; title: The Girl and the Skull 201; title: Bear and Fox 204; title: KSENIA IVANOVNA DIGOR (PURMA BOGDANOVNA); title: Girl-Bride and Frog-Bride 208; title: Two Old Women and Their Pants 212; title: MARIA BORISOVNA KILE; title: The Crocodile 217; title: Appendices; title: History of the Amur Peoples 227; title: Readings on Siberian Shamanism 237.