book cover of The Chukchi Bible
 

The Chukchi Bible

(2000)
(The second book in the Seedbank series)
A collection of stories by

 
 
This collection of the myths and tales of Yuri Rytkheu's own shaman father is both a moving history of a community of survivors and a beautiful, fantastic cautionary tale. Beginning with Nau, the mother of the human race; Rau, her half-whale husband; and the evil spirit Armagirgin, who attempts to destroy nature's harmony by pitting the two against each other, The Chukchi Bible moves through Arctic tundra, sea, and sky - and beyond - introducing readers to an extraordinary mythology rendered in hauntingly poetic prose.


Genre: Literary Fiction

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