Wisdom Unkind Lado It was a very long time ago. Since then, so much time has passed that where the river flowed, there are hills, where the stones lay, forests have now grown there. The hunter Chumdag from the Dungu cla... Fairy Tales Nivkh Fairy Tales
Wisdom There lived an old man and an old woman An old man and an old woman lived. They lived a poor, hungry life. They didn’t even know the smell of good food. When dead fish washed up on the shore, they took them and ate them. The old man and the... Fairy Tales Nivkh Fairy Tales
Wisdom Kulgin Long ago, in the old days, there was a lot of fish, there was a lot of animals, there was a lot of game. The Nivkhs cooked yukola and lived well. Each person prepared yukola for himself, putting it in... Fairy Tales Nivkh Fairy Tales
Wisdom Kykyk They say that swans used to be dumb birds, and all their paws were black. Now everyone knows that they shout “ky-ky, ky-ky,” which is why they got the name “kykyk,” and many have red paws. Why did swa... Fairy Tales Nivkh Fairy Tales
Wisdom Chipmunk, nutcracker and bear On a sunny summer day, get up early. Go out into the forest, carefully walk along the edge. On the top branch of an old alder tree you will see a chipmunk - a small forest animal. His fluffy tail is t... Fairy Tales Nivkh Fairy Tales
Wisdom Bear and Chipmunk Once upon a time the chipmunk was all red. One day he jumped, jumped through the trees and went for a walk on the ground. Met a bear. We started talking. The bear said: “I am afraid of iron arrows.” A... Fairy Tales Nivkh Fairy Tales
Wisdom Nikan bride If you yourself are bad, don’t expect good from others... Nivkh Maldo Khoinga lived on the Amur. The man was rich. He had twenty dog teams. Ten angazas - poor people - kept fish in the river for him... Fairy Tales Nivkh Fairy Tales
Wisdom How gulls and terns began to live together One night we were driving through the bay. It was quiet, so quiet that it seemed: if a mosquito squeaked on the other side, we would hear it. There was not a single splash on the bay, the boat never r... Fairy Tales Nivkh Fairy Tales
Wisdom Bear and brothers Three brothers lived in the same house. The eldest of them had a wife. The brothers had many dogs - three teams. The animal was hunted. One day all the brothers went hunting. The wife was left alone a... Fairy Tales Nivkh Fairy Tales
Wisdom Larga Bride My sister and brother lived alone. My brother was little. The sister made a bow, arrows, and a spear. I taught and taught - my brother holds the spear tightly and shoots accurately with a bow. The boy... Fairy Tales Nivkh Fairy Tales
Wisdom Brother and sister There lived a sister and her younger brother. My brother constantly hunted animals, my sister stayed at home. This is how we lived all the time. One day, my brother went to the taiga, and my sister wa... Fairy Tales Nivkh Fairy Tales
Wisdom Fox and bear You can trust a cunning man! A cunning man has one thing on his tongue, but another in his head. If you fall for a trickster, look after him with both eyes! There lived a fox in the taiga. She was ver... Fairy Tales Nivkh Fairy Tales
