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- ISBN: 9780981987316 | 0981987311
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/29/2011
The Chukchi Bibleis a collection of the myths and tales of Yuri Rytkheu's own shaman father. The stories compose both a moving history of the Chukchi people who inhabit the shores of the Bering Sea, and a beautiful cautionary tale, rife with conflict, human drama, and humor. We meet fantastic characters: Nau, the mother of the human race; Rau, her half-whale husband; and finally, the dark spirit Armagirgin, who attempts to destroy nature's harmony by pitting the two against each other. The Chukchi Biblemoves through Arctic tundra, sea, and sky-and beyond-introducing readers to an extraordinary mythology and a resilient people, in hauntingly poetic prose. Yuri Rytkheuwas born in 1930 in the Chukotka Peninsula of the northeastern tip of Siberia, home of the Chukchi, a disappearing people inhabiting one of the most majestic and inhospitable environments on earth.