A collection of Lapp (Sami) folktales, proverbs, and riddles, compiled and translated into Danish by the Norwegian linguist Jens Andreas Friis. First published in 1871, the book offers a rare glimpse into the oral literature and linguistic diversity of the Sami people, an indigenous minority group inhabiting the northern regions of Scandinavia, Russia, and Finland. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and...
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