Gilyak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Gilyak
< Russian gilyák; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to Nivkh (Amur dial.) kil a name for neighboring Tungusic peoples (with the Russ noun suffix -( y ) ak, as in sibiryák a Siberian)
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One of these bear-festivals was witnessed by the Russian traveller L. von Schrenck and his companions at the Gilyak village of Tebach in January 1856.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
There was an annual fair at the Gilyak village of Pul, below Mariensk, and this was made the center of commerce.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
Thus, for example, it is thought that if a Gilyak falls in combat with a bear, his soul transmigrates into the body of the beast.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
A Russian traveler stopping one night in a Gilyak house discovered in the morning that his sledge was missing, and was gravely told that the spirit had taken it.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
Among the Gilyaks the Bear is dressed after death in full Gilyak costume and 98seated on a bench of honour.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Jane Ellen Harrison
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