Lo´lhịlịn in I´rmị’s tale

Overview

Lo´lhịlịn is the designation used for the giant in I´rmị’s short narrative recorded at Mariinsky Post in October 1900. While seven brothers go out in a skin boat, their youngest brother remains behind to fish. A giant catches him, carries him on his palm and gives him to his children as a living toy. They feed him their food, and he grows to their size, becoming a Lo´lhịlịn himself. When his brothers return and call for him, he lifts them together with their boat and sets them high on a cliff, where the narrator says they remain. No return to ordinary size or rescue follows. Bogoras obtained the story in Chukchi, but I´rmị, who had lived among both Chukchi and Asiatic Eskimo people, attributed it to Ai´wan tradition. The collector explicitly cautions that origins are difficult to separate. This is therefore a precisely attributed narrative witness, not a firm assignment of an exclusive ethnic origin.

Origins & earliest records

Chukchi narrative; Mariinsky Post, October 1900; told in Chukchi with an Ai´wan origin attributed by the narrator

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 I´rmị · 1910

   Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Volume VIII, Part I; Chukchee Tales II.8, (The Giant.), pp. 170–171 and footnote

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1. Historical recorded narrative and English translationBogoras, Chukchee Tales II.8, (The Giant.), pp. 170–171 and footnoteResearch access: 2026-10-05

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