Kas amka, kostako või hoopis keegi muu?

• Main Author: Ülo Siimets
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Estonian
• Published: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum 2003
• Subjects: Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology; GN301-674; Amka; Chukotka; polar bear
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/4a6bc73d23604fe29f66925cbe869f23

The main character of the Chukotka travelling diary, Jelo, this time gets to hunt a polar bear after it is seen moving about near the camp of the reindeer-herders. The hunt is unsuccessful and the wounded animal runs away. Unlike in the European tradition, the Chuckts refuse to follow a wounded anim...