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Endangered Languages and Cultures of Siberia

Udihe

The fairy and the ten bald spirits

A folktale about a fairy whose magical tricks and malice save her from being eaten by ten bald evil spirits.

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Udihe

The flower wife

A tale about a man’s quest to find his lost wife after she is reincarnated in a flower.

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Udihe

The fox with ten tails

Illustration by Gennadii Pavlishin from a collection of Udihe folk tales (V. Kialundziuga, "Dva solntsa" (Khabarovsk, 1974)).

This tale is about a man who fights the fox with ten tails to get the beautiful bride he desires.

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Udihe

An old woman and her tiger cub

This contemporary Taiga legend tells of an unlikely friendship between an old woman and a tiger cub.

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Udihe

The oriole grandson

A folktale about a woman searching for her grandson, changed into an oriole bird for killing too many birds.

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Udihe

Sisam Zauli and the hero

A folktale about a hero whose life is saved and protected by a good spirit named Sisam Zauli.

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Udihe

The tiger for the Udihe people

An account of the place, role and power of the tiger in Udihe culture.

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Udihe

Yegdige in a silk gown

A tale narrating the adventures of a man known as the silk gown hero and his new beautiful witch wife.

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Udihe

Zabdala, an extraordinary snake

An epic tale narrating the adventures of a snake and his human family.

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Udihe

Aleksandr Pionka

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