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Selkup
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Texts
Songs from Castrén's FieldworkEight Selkup (Ostyak-Samoyed) songs from M.A. Castrén's 1840s Siberian fieldwork — the earliest recorded Selkup oral poetry. A wife-theft heroic narrative, two long warrior epics, and five short songs of daily nomadic life. First English translations from the Selkup original.Songs from Castrén's FieldworkEight Selkup (Ostyak-Samoyed) songs from M.A. Castrén's 1840s Siberian fieldwork — the earliest recorded Selkup oral poetry. A wife-theft heroic narrative, two long warrior epics, and five short songs of daily nomadic life. First English translations from the Selkup original.