The Uralic shelf gathers the public texts, source dossiers, and support pages currently held under this tradition room. Use this page as a doorway into the shelf rather than as a complete history of the tradition.
Main Doorways
- Estonian holds 36 public texts or support pages. Start with Charms and Songs of Magic Power from the Estonian Folk Songs, Estonian Death Songs — Traditional Verses, Estonian — Family Life Songs from the Eisen Collection.
- Finnish holds 60 public texts or support pages. Start with Against the Evil Eye — Counter-Spells from White Sea Karelia, The Gods of Häme and Karelia, Ancient Songs of the Finnish People — Volume I.
- Hungarian holds 9 public texts or support pages. Start with The Beautiful Lady of the World, Foolish Thomas and The Stepmother, Hungarian Folk Tales from the People's Mouth.
- Khanty holds 8 public texts or support pages. Start with Biblical Texts of the North Khanty, Folk Tales of the North Khanty, Riddles of the North Khanty.
- Komi holds 8 public texts or support pages. Start with Disease Spirits and Healers, Forest Spirits and the Sacred Bear, Household Spirits and the Birth-Deity.
- Mansi holds 15 public texts or support pages. Start with Mansi — Cosmogonic Myths, Mansi — Bear Ceremony Songs, Dawn Song for Waking the Bear II.
- Mari holds 10 public texts or support pages. Start with Animal Fables from the Beke Collection, Mari — Bear and Spirit Tales from the Beke Collection, Hunter and Witch Tales.
- Mordvin holds 12 public texts or support pages. Start with Erzya Mordvin — Death Rides, Erzya Mordvin — Mother Volga, Erzya Mordvin — Sacred Songs from the 1882 Collection.
- Nenets holds 9 public texts or support pages. Start with Nenets — Sacred Narratives from Castrén's Collection — Volume II, Nenets — Sacred Narratives from Castrén's Collection, Samoyed Fairy Tales.
- Sami holds 13 public texts or support pages. Start with The Son of Pischan-Paschan, A Brief Account of the Lapps' Bear-Hunting, Sami — Bear Hunt Ceremonies and World Tales.
- Selkup holds 1 public texts or support pages. Start with Selkup Songs.
- Udmurt holds 9 public texts or support pages. Start with Udmurt — Animal Tales from the Munkácsi Collection, Udmurt — Cosmogonic Myths from the Munkácsi Collection, Udmurt Incantations and Charms from the Munkácsi Collection.
- Veps holds 3 public texts or support pages. Start with Nine Charms from the Veps, Nine Fables from the Veps, Proverbs of the Veps.
Texts at This Shelf Level
Suggested Use
Begin with the introduction if one is present, then move into the rooms or individual texts listed above. For technical terms, names, and recurring concepts, use the local glossary on this shelf together with the central Good Works Glossary.