Fairy Kamchatka

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Fairy Kamchatka

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The book opens a cycle of rare and unknown tales of indigenous small peoples of the Far East. The "Fairy Kamchatka" includes the legends of the Koryaks, Evens, Aleuts, Itelmens, Chukchis - those peoples that have lived on Kamchatka land for centuries. Some stories are being published for the first time.
"Fairytale Kamchatka" shows the beauty and originality of this harsh, but beautiful and amazing land. The magical world of the book is inhabited by spirits, unusual deities and animals, who not only can speak humanly, but are even endowed with magical powers. There are underwater kingdoms and possessions of the all-powerful North, fast stone deer, Raven Kutkh and a cuckoo shaman. In order to make it easier for the reader, who is not familiar with the life and worldview of nomadic peoples, to immerse themselves in their world, the tales are selected thematically and united by a through author's plot. Koryak grandmother Vuvvuna tells her modern grandson Olezhka about the traditions and rituals of the Kamchadals and smoothly leads the reader to understand how the indigenous peoples live and breathe on the peninsula. Folk tales come from her lips. Thus, the reader gets acquainted with both ancient legends and the modern life of Kamchatka. Several fairy tales in the book are printed not only in Russian, but also in the languages ​​of the indigenous peoples: Koryak and Even. Moreover, you can even listen to their audio versions. The original languages ​​of Kamchatka are rapidly disappearing. In order to somehow preserve a piece of this outgoing culture, we placed special QR codes in the book. Having scanned them with any smartphone, the reader will be taken to a web page with an audio file of the fairy tale. The miracles of Kamchatka legends were transferred to paper by a wonderful artist and director of animation films Ekaterina Sokolova, a student of Norshtein, the owner of numerous domestic and international awards. The book will become a decoration of any home library.

Barcode: 9785990965508 SKU: 70171717 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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