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Overview

The Thunder-Bird in U´ttịqäi’s Reindeer-Born variant opens its mouth to shelter a couple fleeing the adopted boy who is eating their herd. Within its body they find a house with a lamp and other necessities. Their previous children had died, but three sons born in this refuge survive. When the father revisits their ruined home, the devourer follows him back. The bird acknowledges that the people are inside but refuses to surrender its guests. It opens its mouth as if admitting the pursuer, then catches and crushes it with its beak. The family leaves safely and rebuilds its life. The English designation Thunder-Bird is the inspected witness’s label; this account does not describe lightning weapons or establish identity with every similarly named bird in other traditions.

House and lamp inside its bodyShelters a couple and three sonsRefuses to surrender guestsCrushes pursuer with its beak
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Origins & earliest records

Chukchi narratives; Reindeer Chukchi camp on the Opu´ka River near the Koryak frontier, February 1901

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Records & interpretation

Complete English narrative, ending and attached notes read; title page, introduction and HTML transcription limitations inspected.

Selected bibliography

Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.

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    Chukchee Mythology

    Waldemar Bogoras, recorder and translator; narrated by U´ttịqäi · 1910

    Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Volume VIII, Part I; Chukchee Tales II.11, (Reindeer-Born.), second version, pp. 175–176

Family & connections

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Primary records and illustrations

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Waldemar Bogoras, Chukchee Mythology (1910)

Chukchee Tales, II. Miscellaneous Tales. II.11, (Reindeer-Born.), second version, pp. 175–176

Cache bogoras1910-cm49.html/.txt. U´ttịqäi; Reindeer Chukchi camp on the Opu´ka River near the Koryak frontier, February 1901. Variants not merged; native/interlinear material not collated.

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References

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  1. Historical recorded narratives and English translationBogoras, Reindeer-Born, two versionsResearch access: 2026-10-05

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