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An ancient legend about harmfulness of unfinished business. February 2003
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An ancient legend about harmfulness of unfinished business. February 2003
Collection
Digital audio recordings
Title
An ancient legend about harmfulness of unfinished business
Annotation
A man had a habit of doing some things halfway, and one day, getting lost, he gets into a chum. There where people who got there through his fault and he immediately finished telling a fairy tale that he did not finish yesterday. Then the chum disappeared, people and he himself got home. Since then, he has always completed his business. The legend tells about harmfulness of unfinished business.
Etnos
The Ob Ugrians, the Khanty language, the Surgut dialect
Ganr
Folklore, Prose folklore, Household fairy tale
Authors
Place
The yurt of the Pokachev, Surgut District, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra
Date
February 2003
Playing_time
00. 03. 44
Number
A-911/3