Why do heroes in Onki stories tear out each other's eyes? And how did the mouse manage to deprive mankind of immortality? The folklore of the Yanks of Yakutia is unknown: many legends and legends are preserved only in old collections. Some of the stories were recorded in the years 1958-1960 by the researchers Agnia Romanova and Anna Mireva. At that time, many Ebons had already forgotten their mother tongue and hardly remembered the traditions of their people. The editors of have turned to the 1971 collection to introduce readers to extraordinary stories. We retold ancient stories in simple language and tried to understand their meaning. Stories in "Max".

Why do heroes in Onki stories tear out each other's eyes? And how did the mouse manage to deprive mankind of immortality? The folklore of the Yanks of Yakutia is unknown: many legends and legends are preserved only in old collections. Some of the stories were recorded in the years 1958-1960 by the researchers Agnia Romanova and Anna Mireva. At that time, many Ebons had already forgotten their mother tongue and hardly remembered the traditions of their people. The editors of have turned to the 1971 collection to introduce readers to extraordinary stories. We retold ancient stories in simple language and tried to understand their meaning. Stories in "Max".