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In their primeval stronghold on the mossy mound,
in their primeval stronghold on the forestless mound
there are living a mistress and a master -
Shish the Golden, Kwores the Golden.
They have a daughter and a son -
Kaltesh the Golden, Oter the Golden.
They have a stable of seven sun-ornamented horses,
a stable of seven snow-white horses.
Behind the stable
there grows a birch with golden leaves,
there grows a birch with golden boughs.

The Great Bear: 109 < Munkácsi 1892:38 (My translation, A.L.)

The Mansi - History and Present Day
The Principality of Pelym: Some Considerations.



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