The Song The Owl God Sang: The collected Ainu legends of Chiri Yukie by Benjamin Peterson

The Song The Owl God Sang: The collected Ainu legends of Chiri Yukie

Benjamin Peterson

76 pages • first pub 2013 (view editions)

nonfiction poetry adventurous reflective medium-paced
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Among the vanishing cultures of the world, the Ainu of north-east Asia stand out for the startling richness of their oral literature. These thirteen beautiful Ainu chants were collected by Chiri Yukie in 1922 -- the first Ainu literature to be wr...

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