Inari Sámi Folklore

Tim Frandy is an assistant professor in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology at Western Kentucky University. A member of the Sámi American community, he has been active in Indigenous cultural revitalization movements in North America and Scandinavia.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Storyteller Biographies
Glossary of Frequently Used SÁmi Terms
Index of Significant Place-Names
1 Songs
Joik Songs
Cradle Song
Bear Song
Reindeer Song
Raven Song
The Tawny Owl
Whitefish Livđe
Trout
The Old Man
HÆÆnda-Maati Joik
Taavvad-Piera Joik
ListrÖm
Aila-Jussa
Ristnȧȧ-PiÄtȧr
Eerki-Piera
Other Songs
Stuorravuona (Isovuono) Market Song
The Girl's Song
This and That
VÄinÄmÖinen's Nephew
I Saw
Daughter and Mother Song
The FiancÉe's Beauty
2 Animal Tales
The Fox's Tale
The Fox's Tale, Version 2
The Fox and the Fisherman
The Story of the Fox's Blindness
The Man and the Bear
The Bear and Fox's Wild Reindeer Hunt
The Mouse and the Cat
The Raven and the Fox
The Horse and the Wolf
The Fox and the Hare
The Wagtail and the Dipper
The Story of the Moose and the Bear
3 Fairy Tales
The Poor Boy and the King's Daughter
The Great Lord's Son-in-Law
The Boy and the Golden Bird
Acorn Finding
Endless Discontent
The Reindeer Calf's Hooves
Mattias the Fearless and the Devil & Mattias the Fearless
The Man Who Lashed His Fortune
The Story of Three Girls
4 Short Tales
The Resourceful Boy
The King and the Bank Thief
A Merchant
God's Miracles
MeniŠ-Antti's Life Story
The Poor Boy's Wedding Luck
5 Humorous Stories and Anecdotes
The Noaidi Axe
The Travels of the Čuđit
The Wife's Stupidity
Shingle-Stick
The Story of the Girl's Spinning Rack
The Girl and Her Suitor
The Fool's Doorposts
Three Lazy People
Good Day—Axe Handle
It Is Truly True
The Butter Churn
The Wild Reindeer Hunters
6 Belief Legends
Etiological Legends
Aaččan, Who Tarred the Moon
The StÁllu
The StÁllu, Version 1
The StÁllu, Version 2
The StÁllu, Version 3
The StÁllu, Version 4
The StÁllu, Version 5
Andras Pejvi
Gufihtarat
The Maker of Seven Churches
Gufihtar
Čahalig—Treasure Guardians
Čahalig
Čahalig, Version 2
Giants
A Giant Fights with Small Men
Two Giants
The Sieidi
The Sieidi Root Cluster
A Story about Äjjih Island
The Sieidi of Ij-jÄvri
Noaidi Tales
The Old Man Noaidi
Skolt SÁmi Noaiddit
The Noaidi Wife
The Moose Skiers
Two Jealous People
Shapeshifting Tales
The Whitefish Daughter-in-Law
The Whitefish Daughter-in-Law, Version 2
The Bear Daughter-in-Law
Ghost Hauntings
SÁrnoo kurr (Speaker's Gorge)
The Haunting of the Old Deceased Noaidi
The Haunting of the Old Deceased Noaidi, Version 2
The Pastor and the Sexton
7 Historical and Regional Legends
SiggÁ's Legend
SiggÁ's Weeping Strait
The Cannibal Vuolliǯ of Ij-jÄvri
The Maiden Hannaaǯ's Decapitation Story
The Dead Constable
The Fight of the Constables
The Late Raassaǯ
PiÄjȧȧǯ
Famed Antt-PiÄttȧr's Eelliǯ, FiancÉ-Waiter
She Who Went to Sleep as a Maiden and Woke as a Wife
8 Stories about Čuđit
Čuđit
The Čuđit on the Move
A Story from the Time of Čuđit
The Boy Who Hunted with a Bow
The Boy Who Hunted with a Bow, Version 2
The Death of the Čuđit
Futile Fear
The Disobedient Daughter
Laurukȧǯ
The Čuđit Fall into a Ravine
The Čuđit Drown in the Rapids
The Čuđit Die of Hunger
The Čuđit Drown in Lake Aanaar; Hundred Pine Island
Hundred Pine Island, Version 2
Laurukȧǯ Kills Čuđit with a Sword
9 Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ
The Feats of Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ
About Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ's Father, Peeivih
Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ Burns a Sieidi
Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ Burns a Sieidi, Version 2
The Capstone
Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ on the Sea Shore
Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ on the Sea Shore, Version 2
Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ Fighting
Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ Fighting, Version 2
Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ Hunting Wild Reindeer
Peeivih-Vuȧlȧppȧǯ's Race with a Draught Reindeer
10 Stories about the Skolts
Scaring the Skolt Wife
Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version 2
Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version 3
Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version 4
Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version 5
Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version 6
Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version 7
KȧȧŠŠȧ
11 Hunting Stories
The Late Haannuǯ's Bear and Wild Reindeer Hunt
A Draught Reindeer as a Wild Reindeer
The Bear Hunter
The Soddy Root Ball as a Bear
MeniŠ-Antti's Bear Hunting Stories
A Bear Story
The Bear Hunters
The Girls and the Bear
The Bear and the Women
The Squirrel Hunters
The Wild Reindeer Skiers
The Moose Hunters
Irjȧn-Ȧnnȧ ja Antti on a Fishing Excursion to LÁggujÄvri (LankojÄrvi)
The Ermine Hunters
12 Personal Experience Narratives
The Life of One Aanaar SÁmi
An Aanaar Marriage and Life Story
Some Misfortune
The Old Man of Soađigil's (SodankylÄ) Forest Memories
The Autumnal Wild-Reindeer Hunt in Aanaar
Vuȧvnum (Vuongunta), or Hunting Wild-Reindeer in the Spring
JuoŋÂstim (Juomustus) and Netting Under the Ice
13 Proverbs and Figures of Speech
Proverbs
Sayings and Expressions
14 Riddles
15 Omens and Signs
Appendix A
North SÁmi Joiks
Juhan Vesta's Joik
MeniŠ-Irjan
Mihkkus-Āslak
Let us Leave
Pulju
Ninka-Ūla Kāre
Pike
Burbot
Perch
Stories
The Lazy One
Skolt SÁmi Story
Letters
Appendix B
Introduction to the 1978 Edition by Lea Laitinen
Introduction to the 1917 Edition by August V. Koskimies
Notes
Bibliography
Index