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The sacred traditions of the peoples who speak Uralic languages — stretching from Finland and Hungary to the forests of Western Siberia. This archive holds primary texts and first English translations from traditions that have rarely, if ever, appeared in English: bear ceremony songs, sacred grove prayers, shamanic invocations, and cosmogonic myths.

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Introduction to Uralic Sacred TraditionsScholarly introduction to the tradition
The Descent of the Sky-Daughter — Bear Song from An-jáMansi bear ceremony song (Munkácsi 1893) — first English translation
Udmurt Sacred Grove PrayersFourteen Udmurt ritual prayers (Wichmann 1893) — first English translation