Abstract: Among the large quantity of Saami materials filed in the Sound Archive of Folkloristics and Comparative Religion at the Turku University is included a collection of about 480 tapes from Talvadas (Dálvadas), a small River Saami village in northernmost Finland. The material was mainly produced during the years 1967-1975, when an in-depth research project was conducted in the village. All of the adult population of the village was repeatedly interviewed by altogether twelve interviewers. A wide range of Saami folklore was discussed during the int...
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