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Endangered Languages and Cultures of Siberia

Tundra Nenets

Dressing for the tundra

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A short account of the clothes needed for survival in the tundra.

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Audio 27th October 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

The giant forest monsters

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A folktale telling the story of an encounter between a human hunter and giant monsters of the forest.

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Audio 22nd June 2014 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

The hare

A singing fable about a hare trotting through the forest.

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Audio 2nd November 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

The holy mountains

A short monologue in which a Nenets speaker talks about holy mountains in her neighbourhood.

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Audio 22nd June 2014 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

How we met a bear

A story about an encounter with a bear at a campsite.

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Audio 27th October 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

Lexe

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A story about the death of a woman’s sister.

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Audio 1st November 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

Life story

An autobiographical account of the life of an animal caretaker, Olga Taybarey.

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Audio 28th October 2011 egarrett

Tundra Nenets

Looking for a scoop

A short anecdote about a girl who was looking for a scoop.

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Audio 2nd November 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

Lullaby

A lullaby about a father who will come bearing gifts for his child.

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Audio 2nd November 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

Marriage

A short text about choosing between potential husbands.

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Audio 2nd November 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

The moon and the sun

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A myth recounting how the moon and the sun were created from children by the sky father.

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Audio 22nd June 2014 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

My childhood

An autobiographical account of the early life of a man with many siblings.

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Audio 28th October 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

My family

A monologue in which a Nenets speaker talks about the composition of her family and the events that have shaped it.

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Audio 27th October 2011 egarrett

Tundra Nenets

My old boot

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A short ditty about dressing up for a visit

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Audio 2nd November 2011 egarrett

Tundra Nenets

My white boots

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A little song about going to the Tundra.

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Audio 1st November 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

Nenets girl

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A song about one of three rich brothers asking a Nenets girl in marriage.

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Audio 1st November 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

A Nenets joke

A joke about a Nenets man and his friend’s wife.

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Audio 28th October 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

No ladles under women’s hems

A very short story about a cheeky old Nenets man looking for water in a women’s tent.

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Audio 27th October 2011 egarrett

Tundra Nenets

The old man and his daughter-in-law

A short song about a woman living with her father-in-law.

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Audio 2nd November 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

Our new life

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A short song contrasting life under the Tsar to life under Soviet power.

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Audio 2nd November 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

A seagull’s song

A short Nenets folksong about a seagull’s wish to travel with its mother.

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Audio 2nd November 2011 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

A seagull’s tale

A short Nenets tale about a seagull’s wish to travel with its mother.

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Audio 27th October 2011 egarrett

Tundra Nenets

The seven holy birch trees

A folk story about a man’s encounter at the site of the seven holy birch trees.

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Audio 22nd June 2014 nikolaeva

Tundra Nenets

The three pikes’ sister and the Russian

A folk story focussing on the adventures of a young girl and her three pike brothers.

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Audio 27th October 2011 egarrett

Tundra Nenets

The two brothers and the old man of the earth

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A Tundra Nenets myth about the creation of life and death.

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Audio 22nd June 2014 nikolaeva
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