{"product_id":"ye-769-il-kundayaayi-769-adventures-of-raven-tlingit-raven-stories-paperback","title":"Ye\u0026#769;il Kundayaayi\u0026#769;, Adventures of Raven: Tlingit Raven Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNora Marks Dauenhauer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRichard Dauenhauer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWill Geiger\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eTlingit tales reveal Raven's wit and world-shaping power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRaven is a legendary cultural hero, world-maker, and trickster figure among the Tlingit of Southeast Alaska. Here his adventures appear for the first time in the original language--transcribed directly from recordings of oral performance--accompanied by facing English translations and detailed annotations. This volume brings together fifty stories by seven Tlingit storytellers born between 1870 and 1915. These include the oldest known audio recordings of these stories told in Tlingit and some of the longest and most detailed Raven stories in the historical record. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese stories occupy a unique position and function in Tlingit oral literature. If ancestral narrative is the genres of history and tragedy and oratory is in the genre of ceremony, then Raven stories are in the genre of comedy. Raven hops here and there, from serious origin myth to absurd comic relief. The stories often illustrate human weaknesses but expressed humorously, typically in a bewildering combination of the sacred and the scatological.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeveloped and passed down over millennia, these stories and the lessons they offer will amuse, engage, and resonate across the Northwest Coast and beyond. The text is rich with linguistic, literary, and cultural commentary especially for students and teachers of the Tlingit language, as well as anthropologists, linguists, and folklorists. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecades in the making, \u003ci\u003eYéil Kundayaayí, Adventures of Raven\u003c\/i\u003e brings the wisdom and skill of these master storytellers to new generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eNora Marks Dauenhauer\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRichard Dauenhauer\u003c\/b\u003e published histories and oral literature of the Tlingit people, worked to preserve and teach the Tlingit language, and helped standardize the written form of the language. \u003cb\u003eJeff Leer\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of Alaka Native languages at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. \u003cb\u003eWill Geiger\u003c\/b\u003e is a Tlingit-language researcher and editor at Sealaska Heritage Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 864\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984093151533,"sku":"9780295754802","price":69.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/V5CEL_MqMd9780295754802.webp?v=1776081887","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/ye-769-il-kundayaayi-769-adventures-of-raven-tlingit-raven-stories-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}