open access

https://doi.org/10.14943/110538

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/92082

Ainu Texts in Mukawa Dialect (1) : A Story about Fireball

日本語

2024-03-20

Japan Association of Northern Language Studies

Northern Language Studies

14

251-270

In this paper, I introduce two narratives recounted by Mrs. Fuyuko Yoshimura, a speaker of the Mukawa dialect of the Ainu language, which I recorded. Text 1, dated August 30, 2014, and Text 2, dated August 8, 2015, both depict Mrs. Yoshimura narrating the same experience. A comparison of these texts unveils an aspect of Mrs. Yoshimura's reactivation in the Ainu language. Synopsis: Entrusted with an errand by my mother, I went to my sister's house. However, finding her absent, I waited there for a while. As evening fell and I embarked on my journey home, a figure resembling a man was walking ahead of me. Fearful of the night road, I ran to catch up and accompany the person, yet I couldn't reach them. At a moment when I felt toyed with by something malevolent, suddenly, I witnessed a large ball of fire approaching, causing me to lose consciousness. Worried, my mother found me collapsed on the road and escorted me back home. Before entering the house, my mother performed a purification ritual using plants and salt. Exhausted, I fell asleep without having a meal.

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