Yakut folk tales

Folk tales of the mysterious, snowy and endless Yakutia are filled with amazing characters, good humor, miracles and magical transformations. How was the tip of the tail of the ermine turned black, why is winter longer, and the summer is shorter and how did people wear the sun with bags? About this and much more, and also - about the traditions, ways, customs and beliefs of the Yakuts will tell figurative, instructive and fascinating stories, brilliantly illustrated by Lidia Ionova.