New data on the folklore of the Evenki of China:stories about the creation of the world
The article describes and analyzes three folklore stories about the creation of the world among the Evenki of China, which have differences from the stories of the Russian Evenki. The language of the Evenki, from which the records of myths are made, by all linguistic characteristics represents the Eastern dialect of the language of the Evenki of Russia. The texts recorded from the Evenki of China will allow to reveal the locality and the variety of the Evenki’s myths.