Friday, February 21, 2014

Níí'aahta Tép Toulta - "Lord Smoke and the Merchant"

I have worked up a full interlinear for one of the shorter stories with Lord Smoke, a sort of trickster figure. I don't go into every subtlety of expression, but most should be clear.

Níí'aahta Tép Toulta (PDF), and a recording (MP3) of me reciting the tale.

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