A schoolgirl from the village of. Khatystyr told the Evenki tale
‘The All-Powerful hero Devaelchan in embroidered and coloured clothes’
Stepanova Ganna Gavriliyevna, 11th grade pupil, 17 years old, clan Buta. Winner of three Grand Prix of the International Olympiad ‘Turen’ in Evenki language.
Ganna's mother Sardana Romanova Stepanova (1973-2021) is the brightest representative of Khatystyr village, a language activist, who taught and researched the native Evenki language.
Her pupils and daughters actively continue Sardana Romanovna's work by studying, developing and promoting the native language.
Аялди! Минӈи гэрбив Степанова Ганна Гаврильевна. Би дян элэкэсипты классту татчам. Минду дян надан анӈани. Энинми гэрбин Степанова Сардана Романовна, аминми гэрбин Степанов Гаврил Гаврильевич. Эткэн би сунду нимӈаканма «Инардан-дэвэрдэн тэтылкэн дэгилтэр сонку Дэвэлчэн» улгучандем.
Билир-билир илан Сивир Моикан сергачинин Серилдунал оскечэл yhy. Дулин дуннэ бими
Тэнинэдыкэн тэлгэндечэ. Егин дян егин муhэли Дюра биракарбудяча.
Конӈорин сулаки кою киланман Егин дундэли дэлпэрэгэр Дявавчагачин урэчи одяча.
Эр дуннэ
Горово-до бинэвэн, дагава-да бинэвэн
Би эчэм сара.
Мэӈункэн Дэвэлчэнду гунчэн:
«Дэвэлчэн элэ-дэ экэл суруклэл!»
Дэвэлчэн хэргуду бугаду аваhинун гэлэктэдеми сурудерэн. Солкондор урикитту эмукэн эмэнмурэн. Дэвэлчэн дюдула мучудерэн аваhил нэкунма Солкондор дёромидерэ. Дэвэлчэн угуду бугаду аваhинyн норчанядран. Аваhилва давдыдерэн.
Солкондор Дэвэлчэнду гунчэн:
«Киладий сунаткан синни асие биhин» Дэвэлчэн Киладий сунатканун асилачан. Тарит эр дулин бугаду балдыри чуканунин.
Hello! My name is Stepanova Ganna Gavriliyevna.
I'm in 11th grade. I am 17 years old. My mum's name is Stepanova Sardana Romanovna, my dad's name is Stepanov Gavril
Gavriliyevich.
Now I'll tell you the story of ‘The All-Powerful hero Devaelchan in his embroidered and coloured clothes’.
Long ago, they say, three worlds appeared, like the sensitive ears
of a yearling wild deer.
The middle world was spread out like a fur rug.
In ninety-nine places, flowed along it
Thin streams.
Like the thick awn of a black fox's skin divided into nine stripes there were mountains on it.
For how long or not long this Middle Land was, I do not know.
Menguken said to Devaelchen,
"Devaelchen, don't go anywhere!"
Devaelchen went to the lower world to look for evil spirits. Solkondor returned to the camp alone. Devalchen returned home, and the evil spirits stole his younger sister. Now Devaelchen fought with the evil spirits in the upper world. He defeated the evil spirits. Solkondor said:
"Kiladiy Maiden will be your wife." Devaechen married Kilady Maiden. Since then, grass grows on this middle land.
Nikolaeva Nadezhda Prokopievna,
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Northern Philology
ща Institute of Languages and Culture of the Peoples of the North-East of the Russian Federation, NEFU
Ignatenko Lyarido Andreevna,
5th year student
of Institute of Foreign Philology and Regional Studies, NEFU.