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Zelandonii, formerly Ayla of the Lion Camp of the Mamutoi, Daughter of the Mammoth Hearth, Chosen by the Spirit of the Cave Lion, Protected by the Cave Bear, Friend of the horses, Whinney and Racer, and the four-legged hunter,
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Ayla is drawn ever closer to an as-yet-undetermined role in the Ninth Cave of the
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506:Mardena - Lanidar's mother
86:2002 novel by Jean M. Auel
794:The Clan of the Cave Bear
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431:Robenan - Ramara's son
90:The Shelters of Stone
769:The Shelters of Stone
762:The Plains of Passage
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837:2002 American novels
748:The Valley of Horses
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