“Mammoths” in Russian Folklore


  “A Mammoth Legend” recorded in August 2004 in Russian language by L.N.Zhukova from M.I.Toporov, the Nizhnekolymsk Yukagir. There was a family of Yukagirs that roamed through the fenland. The eldest son helped his father to procure the animals, and the younger kids with their mother stayed at home. One day father and the son … More “Mammoths” in Russian Folklore