| Description |
xxvi, 142 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-142). |
| Summary |
A description of Inuit culture accompanies a collection of eighteen Inuit folktales from an ancient oral tradition in which animals could take human form and in which magic usually had a part. |
| Contents |
Adventures of Kivio -- Woman under the sea -- Giant and her little son -- Lost boys -- Worms and lice -- Girls who wished for husbands -- Orphan who became strong -- Two sisters and their caribou husbands -- Land of the birds -- Kasiak -- Woman who lived by herself -- Cannibal village -- Dancing fox -- Little bear -- Great giant Kinak -- Soul wanderer -- Two dried fish -- Blind boy and the loon. |
| Subject |
Inuit -- Folklore.
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Tales -- Arctic regions.
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Eskimos -- Folklore.
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Folklore -- Arctic regions.
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| Added Author |
Bierhorst, John.
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Okheena, Mary K.
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| ISBN |
0688144063 |
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0688144047 |
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