Eskimo Folk-Tales: CONTENTS

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

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INTRODUCTION	5
THE TWO FRIENDS WHO SET OFF TO TRAVEL ROUND THE WORLD	15
THE COMING OF MEN, A LONG, LONG WHILE AGO	16
NUKÚNGUASIK, WHO ESCAPED FROM THE TUPILAK	18
QUJÂVÂRSSUK	20
KÚNIGSEQ	38
THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BEAR AS A FOSTER-SON	40
ÍMARASUGSSUAQ, WHO ATE HIS WIVES	44
QALAGÁNGUASÊ, WHO PASSED TO THE LAND OF GHOSTS	46
ISIGÂLIGÂRSSIK	49
THE INSECTS THAT WOOED A WIFELESS MAN	52
THE VERY OBSTINATE MAN	56
THE DWARFS	60
THE BOY FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, WHO FRIGHTENED THE PEOPLE OF THE HOUSE TO DEATH	64
THE RAVEN AND THE GOOSE	66
WHEN THE RAVENS COULD SPEAK	67
MAKÍTE	68
ASALÔQ	71
UKALEQ	73
ÍKARDLÍTUARSSUK	75
THE RAVEN WHO WANTED A WIFE	77
THE MAN WHO TOOK A VIXEN TO WIFE	79
THE GREAT BEAR	81
THE MAN WHO BECAME A STAR	82
THE WOMAN WITH THE IRON TAIL	83
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HOW THE FOG CAME	84
THE MAN WHO AVENGED THE WIDOWS	86
THE MAN WHO WENT OUT TO SEARCH FOR HIS SON	88
ATUNGAIT, WHO WENT A-WANDERING	90
KUMAGDLAK AND THE LIVING ARROWS	93
THE GIANT DOG	95
THE INLAND-DWELLERS OF ETAH	97
THE MAN WHO STABBED HIS WIFE IN THE LEG	98
THE SOUL THAT LIVED IN THE BODIES OF ALL BEASTS	100
PAPIK, WHO KILLED HIS WIFE'S BROTHER	104
PÂTUSSORSSUAQ, WHO KILLED HIS UNCLE	107
THE MEN WHO CHANGED WIVES	109
ARTUK, WHO DID ALL FORBIDDEN THINGS	110
THE THUNDER SPIRITS.	111
NERRIVIK	113
THE WIFE WHO LIED	115
KÂGSSAGSSUK, THE HOMELESS BOY WHO BECAME A STRONG MAN	117
QASIAGSSAQ, THE GREAT LIAR	123
THE EAGLE AND THE WHALE	130
THE TWO LITTLE OUTCASTS	133
ATDLARNEQ, THE GREAT GLUTTON	136
ÁNGÁNGŬJUK	139
ÂTÂRSSUAQ	142
PUAGSSUAQ	146
TUNGUJULUK AND SAUNIKOQ	148
ANARTEQ	150
THE GUILLEMOT THAT COULD TALK	152
KÁNAGSSUAQ	154
THE SOURCES OF THE VARIOUS LEGENDS	157

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