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Overview

Ku´rġu-ñe´ut is the Spider-Woman in Aɛ´ttin·qeu’s first Raven creation version, recorded by Bogoras at Mariinsky Post in October 1900. After Raven has made land and food animals, the narrative’s population is entirely male and cannot increase. A small Spider-Woman descends from above on a very slender thread, explaining that she has come because there are no women. Raven objects that she is too small. Her abdomen enlarges, she becomes pregnant and bears four daughters, who rapidly grow into women.

Raven’s travelling companion takes one daughter as a partner and promises to feed her from his abundant hunting supplies. Their initial separation and the later establishment of sexual relations complete this version’s explanation of human multiplication. The text does not name Spider-Woman’s daughters, identify their father or specify a number of legs for their mother. Her descent and childbirth belong specifically to this attributed account; the following two creation versions do not repeat her role. The story is preserved as historical narrative evidence, not a statement that all Chukchi communities share one creation doctrine.

Descends on a slender threadSmall body with enlarging abdomenBears four daughtersDaughters quickly become women
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Origins & earliest records

Chukchi; Aɛ´ttin·qeu, a Maritime Chukchee man, Mariinsky Post, October 1900

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Records & interpretation

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

Selected bibliography

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    Chukchee Mythology

    Waldemar Bogoras, recorder and translator; narrated by Aɛ´ttin·qeu · 1910

    Chukchee Tales I.1, Raven Tale, first version, pp. 151–154; Spider-Woman chiefly pp. 153–154; complete three-version section and notes read

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Primary records and illustrations

Complete three versions and all footnotes read; first-version attribution retained

Waldemar Bogoras, Chukchee Mythology (1910)

Chukchee Tales, I. Creation Tales. I.1 first version pp151–154; Spider-Woman pp153–154

Cache bogoras1910-cm35.html/.txt. Four daughters; no named father or anatomical leg count. Other two versions not merged. Original/interlinear material not independently read.

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  1. Historical recorded narrative and English translationBogoras, Raven Tale, first versionResearch access: 2026-10-05

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