The book is a publication of narrative folklore of closely related peoples of Northwestern Siberia - the Khanty and Mansi. Accompanied by an introductory art...

“Either from the city of Murom, From that village and from Karacharov A distant, stout, good fellow was leaving. He stood at matins in Murom. And he wanted t...

“Once upon a time there was a cockerel and a hen. The cockerel was rummaging and dug up the bean. “Ko-ko-ko, hen, eat the bean grain!” - “Ko-ko-ko, cockerel,...

“Not a bush, but with leaves, not a shirt, but sewn, not a person, but a story...”

“Water caught fire at Ivan’s yard. The whole village put out the fire, But the fire was not extinguished...”

“A crow flew over the sea and looked: a crayfish was crawling - grab it! And she carried it into the forest so that, sitting somewhere on a branch, she could...

“Once upon a time there lived a man and a woman. They had a daughter and a little son. “Daughter,” the mother said, “we’ll go to work, take care of your brot...

“Once upon a time there was a crane and a heron, they built huts at the ends of the swamp. The crane found it boring to live alone, and he decided to get mar...

“Once upon a time there lived a hare in the forest: in the summer he was good, but in the winter he was bad - he had to go to the peasants’ threshing floor a...

“Once upon a time there lived a hen and a cochet. They went into the forest to buy nuts. Kochetok climbed up a hazel tree to pick nuts, and ordered the chick...

“Once upon a time there was a fox and a hare. The fox had an ice hut, the hare had a bast hut. Spring came and the fox’s hut melted, but the hare’s hut remai...

“The black grouse was sitting on a tree. The fox came up to him and said: “Hello, black grouse, my friend, when I heard your little voice, I came to see you....