Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 102 p
,
illus. (part col.)
,
21 x 27 cm
DDC:
398.209701
Keywords:
Inuktitut poetry Translations into English
;
Eskimo poetry
;
Netsilik
;
Lyrik
Abstract:
Poems based on songs and stories of the Netsilik Eskimos reflect their daily life
Description / Table of Contents:
Songs my mother taught me -- The Earth and the people -- Magic words -- Day and night : how they came to be -- The things in the sky -- Sun and moon -- Thunder and lightning -- How we know about animals -- History of the Tunrit -- The lazy Tunrit -- The giant bear -- An Eskimo taunts his rival in singing and hunting -- The fly and the water beetle -- The raven and the gull have a spat -- Totanguak, spirit of string figures -- A peek into an owl's house, or just like humans -- Magic words to feel better -- The story of Nuliajuk, mother of the sea, ruler of all beasts, the most dangerous and terrible of all spirits, to whom nothing is impossible -- Prayer for good seal hunting -- Netsersuitsuarsuk -- Travel song -- Grandma takes a foster child -- Magic words for hunting caribou -- Anningat -- The woman who turned to stone -- Courting song -- The death of Kigtak -- The evil spirit and the bearded seal -- The invisible man -- Lazy Eskimo -- A lesson in sharing -- Orpingalik's song : in a time of sickness -- Hunger -- Heaven and Hell.
Note:
"A Merloyd Lawrence book
,
Retold from the literal English renderings in the official records of Rasmussen's voyages published by the Royal Danish Archives
,
Bibliography: p. 101-102
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