There lived an old couple - a husband and his wife. Once in winter the old man went out for fishing, as it was season for navaga-fish. He placed himself in the umkutak - shelter made out of snow over the hollow in the ice. Suddenly a breathless wild deer - tuntuk - entered the shelter. The old man thought joyfully that food itself had come to him and said to the wild deer: -"What a luck, - in hungry times food itself has come to me!"
- The wild deer answered: "Do not kill me, old man, but better save! The wolf is chasing me closely and is going to eat me!" And the wolf already stood at the entrance to umkutak. The wolf said to the old man: -"Old man, do not defend that deer, give it to me for eating!"
The deer responded: -"Man, wish anything you like - you will be rich, you will be a mighty warrior. - I can do anything for you". The old man said to the deer: -"I want to become a shaman and to have a scratcher for my back at home". He said the wish AND turned the deer into the sun, because at once he became a shaman. The wolf saw that and exclaimed: -"Crazy things happen here, but nobody is able to resist the nature! I am hungry all the same!" and started to move towards the old man. -"I will be able to resist!"- he replied - and turned the wolf into the moon. He took the navaga-fish, which he had caught, and returned home to his wife. In the dwelling he saw the scratcher provided by the deer. He took it and began to scratch himself. He did it so vigorously, that even scraped his skin. When he said to himself - enough scratching - he stopped to be a shaman. And the wolf sometimes overtakes the deer in the sky, but is unable to eat it.
- The wild deer answered: "Do not kill me, old man, but better save! The wolf is chasing me closely and is going to eat me!" And the wolf already stood at the entrance to umkutak. The wolf said to the old man: -"Old man, do not defend that deer, give it to me for eating!"
The deer responded: -"Man, wish anything you like - you will be rich, you will be a mighty warrior. - I can do anything for you". The old man said to the deer: -"I want to become a shaman and to have a scratcher for my back at home". He said the wish AND turned the deer into the sun, because at once he became a shaman. The wolf saw that and exclaimed: -"Crazy things happen here, but nobody is able to resist the nature! I am hungry all the same!" and started to move towards the old man. -"I will be able to resist!"- he replied - and turned the wolf into the moon. He took the navaga-fish, which he had caught, and returned home to his wife. In the dwelling he saw the scratcher provided by the deer. He took it and began to scratch himself. He did it so vigorously, that even scraped his skin. When he said to himself - enough scratching - he stopped to be a shaman. And the wolf sometimes overtakes the deer in the sky, but is unable to eat it.