Koryak

 

Koryak worldview

some frequent words in Koryak ritual

 

p. 249 in Chauchu dialect, /r/ > /y/

rituals for slain animals

 

festivals [all the festivals ... held when the new moon appears (p. 76)]

 

p. 207 "the Kilway is held once every two years"

11-month year (omitting February)

 

household idol

 

deities

 

the World on the Other Side; psychopomp; and re-incarnation

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GM = Robert Graves : The Greek Myths. 1955.

C =  http://domeofthesky.com/clicks/crv.html

 

dreams of travel

 

dreams involving animals

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CDCM = Grimal, A Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology.

DG&RB&M = Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

SENRI ETHNOLOGICAL REPORTS, 48 = Takashi Irimoto : The Eternal Cycle. National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, 2004.