Yéil Kundayaayí = adventures of Raven : Tlingit Raven stories /
"Raven is a legendary cultural hero, world-maker, and trickster figure among the Tlingit of Southeast Alaska. Here his adventures appear for the first time in the original language--transcribed directly from recordings of oral performance--accompanied by facing English translations and detailed...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Tlingit |
| Language Notes: | Stories in English and Tlingit on facing pages. |
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Seattle : Juneau :
University of Washington Press ; Sealaska Heritage Institute,
[2025]
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| Series: | Classics of Tlingit oral literature ;
v. 5. |
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| Summary: | "Raven is a legendary cultural hero, world-maker, and trickster figure among the Tlingit of Southeast Alaska. Here his adventures appear for the first time in the original language--transcribed directly from recordings of oral performance--accompanied by facing English translations and detailed annotations. This volume brings together fifty stories by seven Tlingit storytellers born between 1870 and 1915. These include the oldest known audio recordings of these stories told in Tlingit and some of the longest and most detailed Raven stories in the historical record"--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Physical Description: | xl, 818 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780295754802 029575480X |