Jean M. Auel, Джин М. Ауэл
The Mammoth Hunters
(Earth Children – 3)
For MARSHALL,
who has become a man to be proud of,
and for BEVERLY,
who helped,
and for CHRISTOPHER, BRIAN, and MELLISSA,
with Love.
Lion Camp Earthlodge
ENTRY area – storage of fuel, implements, outer clothes
FIRST hearth – cooking hearth and space for gathering
SECOND – Lion Hearth
Talut – headman
Nezzie
Danug
Latie
Rugie
Rydag
THIRD – Fox Hearth
Wymez
Ranec
FOURTH – Mammoth Hearth – space for ceremonies, gathering, projects, visitors
Mamut – shaman
Ayla
Jondalar
FIFTH – Reindeer Hearth
Manuv
Tronie
Tornec
Nuvie
Hartal
SIXTH – Crane Hearth
Crozie
Fralie
Frebec
Crisavec
Tasher
(Bectie)
SEVENTH – Aurochs Hearth
Tulie – headwoman
Barzec
Deegie
Druwez
Brinan
Tusie
(Tarneg)
1
Trembling with fear, Ayla clung to the tall man beside her as she watched the strangers approach. Jondalar put his arm around her protectively, but she still shook.
He's so big! Ayla thought, gaping at the man in the lead, the one with hair and beard the color of fire. She had never seen anyone so big. He even made Jondalar seem small, though the man who held her towered over most men. The red-haired man coming toward them was more than tall; he was huge, a bear of a man. His neck bulged, his chest could have filled out two ordinary men, his massive biceps matched most men's thighs.