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By WALDEMAR BOGORAS.
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| Chukchee Texts | 3 | ||
| I. | Introduction | 3 | |
| II. | Myths and Tales | 7 | |
| 1. | (The Ai´wan Shamans) | 7 | |
| 2. | (The Woman and the Lake-Spirit) | 26 | |
| 3. | (The Girl and the Skull) | 28 | |
| 4. | (The Youth who received Supernatural Powers from the Ke´let) | 34 | |
| 5. | (Contest with the Ke´let). | 42 | |
| 6. | (The Ai´wan and the Reindeer-Breeder) | 46 | |
| 7. | (The Visit of the Ke´let) | 51 | |
| 8. | (The Child-Monster) | 53 | |
| 9. | (The Orphan) | 58 | |
| 10. | (U´mqäqäi's Adventure) | 61 | |
| 11. | (The Adventures of the Brothers) | 64 | |
| 12. | (The Children carried away by a Giant) | 73 | |
| 13. | The Raven and the Girls (Valvị´yñị-lŭ´mñịl) | 75 | |
| 14. | A Tale of the Raven Ku´urkịl (Ku´urkịl Lŭ´mñịl) | 77 | |
| 15. | A Story about a Polygamist (Lị´mịlịn Lŭ´mñịl) | 83 | |
| 16. | (The Woman who married the Moon and the Ke´lẹ) | 86 | |
| 17. | (Battle with the Ta´n·ñịt) | 97 | |
| 18. | Two Shamans (Eñe´ñịlịt ñi´räq) | 100 | |
| 19. | (The Man who married a Sky-Girl) | 107 | |
| 20. | (The Man who visited the Polar Bears) | 112 | |
| 21. | (The Shaman and the Ke´let) | 119 | |
| III. | Incantations | 124 | |
| 1. | (Incantion on Behalf of a Sick Person) | 124 | |
| 2. | Pintail-Duck Incantation (Valo´k-ê´wġan, Yelke´kin ê´wġan) (Middle-Anadyr Incantation) | 127 | |
| 3. | Incantation for taming Wild Reindeer (Qaalva´t-ê´wġan) | 128 | |
| 4. | (Incantation to ward off Ke´let) | 129 | |
| 5. | Fortifying Incantation against the Coming of Ke´let (Tanomña´tkên Vêwġa´n) | 130 | |
| 6. | For Hunting Sea-Game | 132 | |
| 7. | To Cure a Sick Man | 132 | |
| 8. | Incantation for Pains in the Stomach (Nanqatẹ´lkên ê´wġan) | 133 | |
| 9. | Incantation to bring back the Dying | 135 | |
| 10. | Incantation (used by) a Woman rejected by her Husband and Jealous of her Rival (Ê´wġan ñe´us·qätä uwäɛ´qučita ẹ´nku lị´nyo) | 136 | |
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| IV. | Songs | 138 | |
| V. | Proverbs, Riddles, Sayings | 146 | |
| Chukchee Texts | 151 | ||
| I. | Creation Tales | 151 | |
| 1. | Raven Tale | 151 | |
| 2. | The Hare Tale | 155 | |
| 3. | Story of Raven and Wolverene | 156 | |
| 4. | Raven and Owl | 158 | |
| II. | Miscellaneous Tales | 159 | |
| 1. | The Sacrifice to the Dead | 159 | |
| 2. | The Re´kkẹñ | 160 | |
| 3. | (The Reindeer-Breeder and the Ai´wan) | 162 | |
| 4. | (The Orphan) | 165 | |
| 5. | (Story of Object-of-Loathing) | 166 | |
| 6. | (The Visitor) | 167 | |
| 7. | (The Polygamist) | 169 | |
| 8. | (The Giant) | 170 | |
| 9. | (Sacrifice to the Sea) | 171 | |
| 10. | (The Monster-Woman) | 172 | |
| 11. | (Reindeer-Born) | 173 | |
| 12. | Tale about Qolênto´ | 176 | |
| 13. | (The Girl in the Stone Chest) | 180 | |
| 14. | (The Girls as Avengers) | 181 | |
| III. | War Tales | 182 | |
| 1. | Ma´nê and Mana´qton | 182 | |
| 2. | (Qolênto´) | 183 | |
| 3. | (War with the Ta´n·ñịt) | 185 | |
| IV. | Tales of Russianized Natives | 186 | |
| 1. | (Sea-Jumper) | 186 | |
| 2. | (Reindeer-Born) | 190 | |
| 3. | (Hare Story) | 192 | |
| 4. | (Raven and She-Fox) | 193 | |
| 5. | (The Boy who married the Sun) | 195 | |