The legend of Tan-varp-ekva

• Published in: VESTNIK ARHEOLOGII, ANTROPOLOGII I ETNOGRAFII
• Main Authors: A.V. Baulo, O.V. Golubkova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RA 2020
• Subjects: mythology; deity; spinning; prohibition; dog; bowl; town; mansi; khanty; russians; comi; ini-tiation; Archaeology; CC1-960; Varp; Berezovo; nenets; Mansi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.20874/2071-0437-2020-49-2-11; https://doaj.org/article/af7fc9e4cc19407587a1770f4313158b

The object of the study is the texts about Tan-varp-ekva, «the tendon twistress», recorded during the 20th c. The majority of the full-text tales has been recorded from the northern Mansi (Lyapin River Basin, Upper Lozva), some folklore stories have been published for various groups of Khanty (Yugan...