Forest Enets

A calm year

An true account contrasting a good year for Forest Enets reindeer herders to a bad one.

A clever dog

A true story about a dog stealing food during a fishing trip to the lake.

The bears, the food sledge and the helicopter

A true account from a reindeer herder of his encounter with a bear family in the tundra.

A harness-ghost

Recorded by Andrey Shluinsky and Natalya Stoynova in 2010.

The man who wanted to speak

A true account of a trip to the other side of a nearby lake.

A poor man uses dogs

A very short story about men and dogs.

A stone with a hole

A folktale about a sinful man visiting the bewitched land across the Dudinka river.

A stone with a hole 2

A folktale about a sinful man visiting the bewitched land across the Dudinka river.

Dogs in the Tundra

A very short story about the speakers dogs and their mischief in the Tundra.

The Evenki man

A tale about an Evenki old man travelling along the Dudinka river, where sinful place is.

Bait

A man tells a tale about putting baits in his straps.

Bears and fishing nets

A very short account of how bears check fishing nets installed by people on the shore for food.

Bear fat

A true story of a man, who while angling in the Sigovaja river, shot a bear and brought its fatty meat home.

Stalin’s prisoner

A testimony about life during Stalin’s era focussing on imprisonment and prisoners’ escapes.

The small bear cub

A very short story in which a Forest Enets speaker describes her encounter with a mischievous tiny bear cub.

Going to school on a reindeer

A true account by a Forest Enets speaker of his childhood travels on reindeers across the Tundra to go to school.

Hunting wild reindeer

A true account by a speaker of Forest Enets of a particular reindeer hunting day.

Berry jam recipe

A short monologue about how to best cook berry jam.

Chaga tea

A Forest Enets speaker explains how to prepare Chaga tea and its medicinal values.

Changes on the lake

A very short text in which a Forest Enets speaker details the landscape changes around her home.

A clairvoyant

A story about a man’s friendship with a prophetic shaman.

A clever dog

A true story about the speaker’s dog. His dog was very intelligent and understood what his master told him.

Cooking meat

A short monologue in which a Nenets woman discusses cutting meat and fish and gives simple ways to cook them.

Cooking fish

A short monologue in which a Nenets woman discusses cutting meat and fish and gives simple ways to cook them.

The light reindeer from the north

A very short monologue on wild reindeer from the north and their unique light colours.

The dogs’ plague

A monologue in which a Nenets speaker remembers a time when all reindeer herders dogs got infested with the plague.

Traces

A short monologue in which a speaker talks about leaving marks and traces.

The black duck

A true story about two drunk friends who find a black duck but refuse to kill it to let it raise its ducklings.

Ducks

A short monologue uttered by a lake and wondering about ducks’ whereabouts.

Duck’s eggs

A brief monologue about duck eggs.

Ducks move their eggs

Recorded by Andrey Shluinsky, Natalya Stoynova and Maria Ovsjannikova in 2010.

Duck’s nest

Recorded by Andrey Shluinsky, Natalya Stoynova and Maria Ovsyannikova in 2010.

Elizaveta saw a ghost

A life story of a woman who saw a ghost.

Along the Yenissey river

A man tells how he and his wife were driving a sledge along the Yenissey river.

Feeding a bird

A true story about feeding a bird.

Fir

A man tells a story how an old man asked him to bring some fir for the sauna.

Fire

A man speaks of making a fire outdoors.

Fishes species

The species of fishes that live in the Yenissey river.

Fishing and the youth

A man explains how one installs fishing nets under ice.

Fishing nets below the ice

A man explains how one does fishing and criticizes the youth.

Fishing with a minnow

A man tells an everyday story about fishing with a minnow.

Fishing with a seine

A man tells a short story about fishing with a seine.

Fish’s internal organs

While cutting a fish, a man explains the Enets names for its internal organs.

The Fokina river

A man explains the local geography and shows where the Fokina river is.

Funny bears

A short story about the funny bears.

Germans’ earth-house

A man tells how the Germans from the Volga region lived in an earth-house during WW2.

Ghost

A man tells a story of a person who saw a ghost.

Ghost (2)

A man tells a story of a person who saw a ghost, part 2.

Glutton

A story about a glutton.

Glutton (2)

A story about a glutton, part 2.

Hare snares

A man explains how hare snares are used by the Enets.

Hare’s way

A man shows a hareâs way in the forest.

Harness

A man explains how one should use a reindeer harness.

Here in winter

A man tells how he arrived to the same place in the winter.

Hiding from a bear on a fence

A story about a man who was hiding form a bear on a fence.

Hill

A man gives a short introduction to a nearby hill.

How I ate ember-gooses

A story of a man who ate the ember-gooses he caught with his fishing-nets.

How I fell through ice

A story of a man who fell through ice.

How I made poles

A man explains how he made poles for his tent when he got married.

How people used to bury

A man tells how people used to bury the dead according to an ancient Enets custom.