From the Literary Heritage of Turkic South-Siberia : Sor Folkloric and Shamanic Texts . Xayïndïrïnmay Bayay-ol : A Tuvan Hero Tale

Abstract/Sommario: The Sor texts presented in the paper were collected by N. P. Dyrenkova between 1925 and 1932, and published by the same scholar in 1940. The texts deal with the concept of the spirit-masters of the mountains and rivers; they are etiological representations; they reflect the material culture such ad hunting and fishing; tales relating to the history of the Sor people; they are also shamanic prayers, invocations and exorcisms