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Photo 1. Vladimir Charnoluski (1894-1969).
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Figure 1. The Meandash-stories have been used in interpreting the contents of the Perm animal-style brass fillets. A human reindeer with wings on a saurian creature. 7th-8th century.
After Oborin & Chagin 1988.
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Figure 2. The Sami narrator Piotr Sarvanov. A drawing by V. Charnoluski.
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Figure 3. A Sami witch saying charms. After J. Schefferus (1674).
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Figure 4. The long-necked swan petroglyphs referring to the magic related to neck. The Neolithic site of rock-carvings at Cape Peri Nos, Lake Onega.
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Figure 5. The raven son-in-law. A drawing by V. Charnoluski.
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Figure 6. The seal son-in-law. A drawing by V. Charnoluski.
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Figure 7. Three suitors. An illustration by V. Petrov, after Sangi 1985. The artist has had a vision of a three-sphere universe.
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Figure 8. Tying ribbons around the reindeer calves' necks. An illustration by N. Kostrov after V. Charnoluski 1962.
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Photo 2. The Sami narrator Tatiana Danilova. After V. Charnoluski 1965.
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Figure 9. A bone spoon. After Kodol nyi 1975. Were the reindeer images on items made by a carver who had considered this wild animal as his totem?
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Figure 10. A lovely dog. Illustration by N. Kostrov, after V. Charnoluski 1962.