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Eskimo Folk-Tales, by Knud Rasmussen, [1921], at sacred-texts.com


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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION5
THE TWO FRIENDS WHO SET OFF TO TRAVEL ROUND THE WORLD15
THE COMING OF MEN, A LONG, LONG WHILE AGO16
NUKÚNGUASIK, WHO ESCAPED FROM THE TUPILAK18
QUJÂVÂRSSUK20
KÚNIGSEQ38
THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BEAR AS A FOSTER-SON40
ÍMARASUGSSUAQ, WHO ATE HIS WIVES44
QALAGÁNGUASÊ, WHO PASSED TO THE LAND OF GHOSTS46
ISIGÂLIGÂRSSIK49
THE INSECTS THAT WOOED A WIFELESS MAN52
THE VERY OBSTINATE MAN56
THE DWARFS60
THE BOY FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, WHO FRIGHTENED THE PEOPLE OF THE HOUSE TO DEATH64
THE RAVEN AND THE GOOSE66
WHEN THE RAVENS COULD SPEAK67
MAKÍTE68
ASALÔQ71
UKALEQ73
ÍKARDLÍTUARSSUK75
THE RAVEN WHO WANTED A WIFE77
THE MAN WHO TOOK A VIXEN TO WIFE79
THE GREAT BEAR81
THE MAN WHO BECAME A STAR82
THE WOMAN WITH THE IRON TAIL83
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HOW THE FOG CAME84
THE MAN WHO AVENGED THE WIDOWS86
THE MAN WHO WENT OUT TO SEARCH FOR HIS SON88
ATUNGAIT, WHO WENT A-WANDERING90
KUMAGDLAK AND THE LIVING ARROWS93
THE GIANT DOG95
THE INLAND-DWELLERS OF ETAH97
THE MAN WHO STABBED HIS WIFE IN THE LEG98
THE SOUL THAT LIVED IN THE BODIES OF ALL BEASTS100
PAPIK, WHO KILLED HIS WIFE'S BROTHER104
PÂTUSSORSSUAQ, WHO KILLED HIS UNCLE107
THE MEN WHO CHANGED WIVES109
ARTUK, WHO DID ALL FORBIDDEN THINGS110
THE THUNDER SPIRITS.111
NERRIVIK113
THE WIFE WHO LIED115
KÂGSSAGSSUK, THE HOMELESS BOY WHO BECAME A STRONG MAN117
QASIAGSSAQ, THE GREAT LIAR123
THE EAGLE AND THE WHALE130
THE TWO LITTLE OUTCASTS133
ATDLARNEQ, THE GREAT GLUTTON136
ÁNGÁNGŬJUK139
ÂTÂRSSUAQ142
PUAGSSUAQ146
TUNGUJULUK AND SAUNIKOQ148
ANARTEQ150
THE GUILLEMOT THAT COULD TALK152
KÁNAGSSUAQ154
THE SOURCES OF THE VARIOUS LEGENDS157


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