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The flying tiger women shamans and storytellers of the Amur / by Van Deusen, Kira, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 1 Udegei Storytellers in Gvasyugi 3 -- EOFU SISILIEVICH KIMONKO -- Two girls and Kanda Mafa 9 -- VALENTINA TUNSYANOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA -- Kanda Mafa and the Bones 1 -- The Seagull 18 -- Crow and Otter 21 -- Biatu and Belye 24 -- The Ice Mountain 29 -- Yegdyga and the Seal 32 -- 2 More Stories from Gvasyugi 34 -- EVDOKIA BATOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA -- Sister and Brother 39 -- The Girl Who Married a Crow 49 -- Two Sisters 52 -- 3 Nivkh Storytelling in Nikolaevsk-na-Amure 58 -- MARIA SEMYONOVNA PIMGUN -- Nivkh Writing 62 -- KLAVDIA IVANOVNA TIDIP -- Knee Bump (Swan Girl) 63 -- 4 Nanai Storytelling in Dada and Jari 71 -- MARIA GRIGORIEVNA BELDI -- Frog and Mouse 74 -- The Terrible Frog 76 -- The Girl in the Ice 78 -- ANNA PETROVNA KHODZHER -- Endohochen 82 -- The Boy Who Went to a Forbidden Place 89 -- Duchieke 91 -- 5 Nanai Storytelling in Nergen and Naikhin 94 -- VIOLETTA KHODZHER -- Violetta's Legends 96 -- TOMTO VASILIEVNA BELDI -- The Mosquito Net 97 -- ANNA PETROVNA KHODZHER -- Frog, Mouse, and Moose loo -- Pole, Caviar, Bladder, Haystack, and Bigeyes 103 -- The Lazy Boy 104 -- The Puppy 105 -- NIKOLAI PETROVICH BELDI -- Tiger Story 1o ^ -- The Passar Shaman 111 -- MINGO CHUSANBOVNA GEIKER -- Applesauce 112 -- 6 Gvasyugi Storytelling 117 -- VALENTINA TUNSYANOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA -- Gounya 123 -- The Monkeys 126 -- Palam Padu - The Hunter's Bag 128 -- Six Brothers and the Squirrels 132 -- Toad Wife 136 -- Seven Girls 138 -- Belye and Naundyaka 140 -- Gamuli 144 -- 7 Ul'chi Storytelling in Bulava 148 -- NADEZHDA DUVAN -- Ul'chi Bear Ceremony 154 -- YMYNDA YCHA -- Two Sisters 155 -- CHANA MARFAN -- Memories of a Shaman 161 -- SOPHIA ANGA -- The Sheat-fish 166 -- How Anga Became a Shaman 170 -- The Tiger Husband 171 -- Anga's Grandfather and the Tiger 173 -- MADO SOPCHOVNA DECHULI -- Two Girls Who Married Tigers 174 -- NINA VASILIEVNA MUNINA -- The Boy and the Tiger 176 -- ANNA ALEXEEVNA (NYURA) KAVDA -- The Swan Girls 180 -- The Taimen Girl 182 -- 8 Nanai Storytelling in Nizhnye Khalby -- and Kondon 185 -- VALENTIN ILYCH GEIKER -- The Geiker Clans 187 -- LYUBOV FEODOROVNA SAMAR -- The Flea Drum 192 -- Lakicho 197 -- The Girl and the Skull 201 -- Bear and Fox 204 -- KSENIA IVANOVNA DIGOR (PURMA BOGDANOVNA) -- Girl-Bride and Frog-Bride 208 -- Two Old Women and Their Pants 212 -- MARIA BORISOVNA KILE -- The Crocodile 217 -- Appendices -- History of the Amur Peoples 227 -- Readings on Siberian Shamanism 237.…”
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Otter by Allen, Daniel (Daniel Nathan)

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Shout because you're free the African American ring shout tradition in coastal Georgia / by Rosenbaum, Art

Subjects: “…African Americans Georgia McIntosh County Social life and customs.…”
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Crime Victim Stories : New York City's Urban Folklore / by Wachs, Eleanor F.

Subjects: “…Victimes d'actes criminels, Services aux New York (État) New York. 172538…”
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Children's Folklore A Source Book /

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Folklore in Utah A History and Guide to Resources /

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Of Corpse Death and Humor in Folkore and Popular Culture /

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Anguish Of Snails Native American Folklore in the West / by Toelken, Barre

Subjects: “…Oral tradition West (U.S.)…”
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Anguish Of Snails : Native American Folklore in the West / by Toelken, Barre

Subjects: “…Oral tradition West (U.S.) 140997…”
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Mutha' Is Half A Word : Intersection of Folklore, Vernacular, Myth, and Queerness in Black Female Culture / by Horton-Stallings, LaMonda

Table of Contents: “…: tar baby trope and blue material in black female comedy -- Badd-nasty: tricking the tropes of the Bad man/Nigga and Queen B -- The black and white of Queen B 's play -- Queen B s queering of neo-soul desire -- Representin' for the bitches: Queen B in hip-hop culture -- Trickster's gift: a language of sexual rights through polymorphous erotics and voluptuous black women's sexualities.…”
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Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India / by Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by Gregory Nagy -- Introduction : region, repertoire, and genre -- Soaking the goddess, celebrating friendship : Bhojalī -- Brave daughters, bound kings : a female tradition of reversal : Ḍālkhāī -- Land of wealth, land of famine : the "Parrot dance" in ritual and narrative : Suā Nāc -- Joining verse to verse : professional storytelling and individual creativity : Kathānī Kūhā -- "This is our story" : a Chhattisgarhi epic : Candainī -- Paṇḍvānī heroines, Chhattisgarhi daughters : Paṇḍvānī -- Conclusion: shifting boundaries of genre and community -- The Song of Subanbali -- Kathānī Kūhā : of friendship, love, and memory -- Sample transcriptions of performance texts.…”
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Jewish Poland-Legends of Origin : Ethnopoetics and Legendary Chronicles / by Bar-Yitsḥaḳ, Ḥayah

Table of Contents: “…The Legend of Esther the Jewess and King Casimir the Great of Poland; 5. ""My Eyes Shed Tears, Because the Enemy Has Overcome"": The Transformation of Legends of Origin into Legends of Destruction; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Places…”
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From Sofia to Jaffa : The Jews of Bulgaria and Israel / by Haskell, Guy H., 1956-

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The Sky is My Tipi /

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Legendary Ladies of Texas /

Table of Contents: “…EARLY DAYS Maria de Agreda: The lady in blue -- Angelina -- Emily Morgan: Yellow Rose of Texas -- The weeping woman: La Llorona -- SETTLERS Belle Starr: the bandit queen of Dallas -- The ghost of Chipita: the crying woman of San Patricio -- The capitol's lady -- Two sixshooters and a sunbonnet: The story of Sally Skull -- Sophia Porter: Texas' own Scarlett O'Hara -- Elise Waerenskjold: A modern on the prairie -- TEXAS GETS CULTURE Adah Isaacs Menken: From Texas to Paris -- Elisabet Ney: Texas' First lady of sculpture -- Mollie Bailey: Circus entrepreneur -- Martha White McWhirter and the Belton sanctificationists -- Aunt Dicy: Legendary black lady -- El Paso madams -- EARLY 20TH CENTURY Pardon me, Governor Ferguson -- "Tell them I don't smoke cigars": The story of Bonnie Parker -- Glamor girl called Electra -- The babe -- MODERN TIMES Janis and the Austin scene -- Legends in their own time: The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders -- Honky tonk angels -- Woman as victim in modern folklore -- Mrs. …”
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Juneteenth Texas /

Table of Contents: “…Giving honor to God, the joy and salvation in my life : the appreciation service in song /…”
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Gib Morgan : Minstrel of the Oil Fields / by Boatright, Mody C. (Mody Coggin), 1896-1970

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Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd /

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Coyote Wisdom /

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Between the Cracks of History /

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