Ainu Spirits Singing: The Living World of Chiri Yukie's Ainu Shin'yoshu

Index

301 Index agency (activity), 7, 120, 259n2, 264n47, 270n2 agriculture, 66–67, 91, 171–172, 191, 253n23, 263nn39–40. See also grain Ainu mindan shū (Collection of Ainu folktales) (Chiri Y.), 39 Ainu (Aynu) people: basics, ix, xii–xiii; culture of, 4, 5–10, 44, 262n33; language of, xiii–xiv, 3, 5–6, 193, 196, 249n4; marriage and, 82; population data, 34–35, 256n46 Ainu-rakkur, 10, 269n32 Ainu shin’yōshū (Chiri Y.): basics, x–xi, 3; ecology and, 143; manuscripts, 37–40, 42–43, 257nn53–54, 257n56; preface, 33–34, 195–196, 258n62; publication of, 3, 38–39, 43, 193, 257nn55–56, 258n61; studies of, 44; translations, 37, 258n62; typos, 250n5; web sites and, 193n1 alder wood, 99, 140, 152–153, 225, 269n26, 279n18 Amur River area, 87, 175 ancestors, 91, 93, 106–107, 117, 151–153, 187–188 animals, xi, xii, 6–7, 52–64, 68, 71. See also animism; game animals; nonhuman beings; and specific animals animism, 7–8, 10, 105–106, 263nn40–42, 265n1, 270n1, 271n4 anthropic, 107, 109–110, 270n2 Arai Matearu, 8, 27 armor, 68–69, 71, 125, 201 Asahikawa, 19–20, 257n52 assimilation, 13, 14, 23–24, 31–36 passim, 46, 256nn46–49 atuika (on the ocean), 128, 231 audiences, 39, 45–46, 103, 154, 161, 279n20, 280n30 Banno Mie and Toshio, 59, 124, 180 barnyard millet, 97, 263nn38–39, 268nn21–22, 287n74 Batchelor, John: basics, 12, 13; commentary by, 86–87, 145, 164, 252n17, 275n27; dictionary by, 37, 257n51; Kinda’ichi and, 29, 38; malaria and, 277n5; Matsu and, 254n29 Batchelor Yaeko, 15, 17, 254n25 bear: basics, 63–64, 69, 73, 74, 111, 142, 147–148, 200n6, 262n33; ceremonies and, 69, 175, 263n43, 273n20; cry of, 141; evil and, 148; fox and, 282n37; gifts and, 99; hunting, 260n14, 263n33; inau and, 69; jays and, 114; kamui and, 92; kamui yukar, 71; names, 62; pase kamui, 69; Saru valley and, 86, 144; symbolic versus anthropic, 109; trade and, 88, 173 Bible women, 14, 19, 21, 22, 253nn19–20 Bihoro area, 189, 271n7 302 Index Biratori (Piratori), 14, 258n1, 264n45, 276n38 birds, 78, 92–93, 115, 268n20, 273nn18–19. See also wing-flapping; and specific birds boats, 7, 55, 94, 101, 212–213, 266n7, 267n8 bogs, 52, 78, 139–140, 144–146, 154–156, 169–170, 260n13, 277n4, 278n8. See also chant 5; chant 9 bows and arrows: bog dweller and, 154, 222; chant 1 and, 197n2, 198–199; chants 3 and 4 and, 160, 183, 214, 218, 220; chants 7 and 8 and, 122, 232; chants 10 and 11 and, 134, 137, 138, 242; cherry bark, 227; deer hunting and, 261n27; kamui and, 141; ku (hunting bows), 183, 286n61; walnut, 134. See also mugwort; traps: springbow (amappo) brown dipper bird, 70, 78, 123, 124, 125– 127, 228, 272n10 butterbur, 66, 191, 248, 262n37, 287n73 carpet of spirits, 67, 68–75 carving, 82, 185, 262n34 casks, 97, 123, 227–228 Castro, Viveiros de, 263n42, 265n1, 270n1, 285n57 ceremonies, 61, 64, 120, 130. See also specific accouterments; specific ceremonies chant 1: The Sacred Bird Spiritual Being [Fish Owl] Sings About Itself, 119–122, 197–205, 258n62, 272n12, 273nn18–19, 274n22, 285n59 chant 2: The Fox Sings About Himself, 54, 66, 71, 178–182, 206–211, 258n62 chant 3: The Fox Sings About Itself, 74, 150–151, 156–162, 178, 212–216, 258n62, 278n14, 280n26, 280n29, 281n31 chant 4: The Hare Sings About Himself, 166, 182–186, 217–220, 286nn61–62 chant 5: The Bog Dweller Sings About Itself, 144, 154–156, 221–223 chant 6: The Young Wolf Spiritual Being Sings About Itself, 139, 140, 151–154, 158, 224–226, 275n31 chant 7: The Sacred Bird Spiritual Being [Fish Owl] Sings About Himself, 62, 70, 78, 119, 227–230, 258n62, 264n45, 274n25 chant 8: The Ocean Spiritual Being [Orca] Sings About Himself, 128–132, 191, 231–236, 258n62, 268n20, 273n16, 279n23 chant 9: The Frog Sings About Himself, 169, 184–186, 237–238, 286nn63–65 chant 10: Young Okikirmui Sings About Himself, 10, 57, 133–137, 152, 239–240 chant 11: Young Okikirmui Sings About Himself, 10, 62, 133–135, 137–138, 158, 241–243, 258n1, 276n32, 276n38 chant 12: The River Otter Sings About Itself, 186–189, 244–246 chant 13: The Freshwater Mussel Sings About Itself, 176–177, 189–192, 247– 248, 258n62 chants, 6, 9, 46, 77, 279nn20–21, 286n63. See also Ainu shin’yōshū; kamui yukar (chants of spiritual beings); and specific chants chiefs, 84, 171–172, 260n17 Chikabumi...