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A rich multivoiced anthology of folktales, legends, joik songs,
proverbs, riddles, and other verbal art, this is the most
comprehensive collection of Sami oral tradition available in
English to date. Collected by August V. Koskimies and Toivo I.
Itkonen in the 1880s from nearly two dozen storytellers from the
arctic Aanaar (Inari) region of northeast Finland, the material
reveals a complex web of social relations that existed both inside
and far beyond the community. First published in 1918 only in the
Aanaar Sami language and in Finnish, this anthology is now
available in a centennial English-language edition for a global
readership. Translator Tim Frandy has added biographies of the
storytellers, maps and period photos, annotations, and a glossary.
In headnotes that contextualize the stories, he explains such
underlying themes as Aanaar conflicts with neighboring Sami and
Finnish communities, the collapse of the wild reindeer populations
less than a century before, and the pre-Christian past in Aanaar.
He introduces us to the bawdy humor of Antti Kitti, the didacticism
of Iisakki Mannermaa, and the feminist leanings of Juho Petteri
Lusmaniemi, emphasizing that folktales and proverbs are rooted in
the experiences of individuals who are links in a living tradition.
A rich multivoiced anthology of folktales, legends, joik songs,
proverbs, riddles, and other verbal art, this is the most
comprehensive collection of Sami oral tradition available in
English to date. Collected by August V. Koskimies and Toivo I.
Itkonen in the 1880s from nearly two dozen storytellers from the
arctic Aanaar (Inari) region of northeast Finland, the material
reveals a complex web of social relations that existed both inside
and far beyond the community. First published in 1918 only in the
Aanaar Sami language and in Finnish, this anthology is now
available in a centennial English-language edition for a global
readership. Translator Tim Frandy has added biographies of the
storytellers, maps and period photos, annotations, and a glossary.
In headnotes that contextualize the stories, he explains such
underlying themes as Aanaar conflicts with neighboring Sami and
Finnish communities, the collapse of the wild reindeer populations
less than a century before, and the pre-Christian past in Aanaar.
He introduces us to the bawdy humor of Antti Kitti, the didacticism
of Iisakki Mannermaa, and the feminist leanings of Juho Petteri
Lusmaniemi, emphasizing that folktales and proverbs are rooted in
the experiences of individuals who are links in a living tradition.
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