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Unikkaaqtuat : an introduction to traditional Inuit myths and legends
Title
Unikkaaqtuat : an introduction to traditional Inuit myths and legends / edited by Neil Christopher, Noel McDermott, Louise Flaherty ; researched, compiled, and annotated by Neil Christopher ; introduction and chapter notes by Noel McDermott.
ISBN
9781926569161
1926569164
Published
Iqaluit, Nunavut : Inhabit Media, c2011.
Physical Description
287 p ; 18 x 23 cm.
Summary
"This exhaustive story collection makes the rich tradition of Inuit storytelling accessible to the rest of Canada for the first time. From creation myths to animal fables, Unikkaaqtuat gives non-Inuit readers a thorough introduction to the world of Inuit traditional stories. This definitive collection of legends and myths is thoughtfully introduced and carefully annotated to provide the historical and cultural context in which to understand this rich oral tradition."--pub. desc.
Variant and related titles
Unikkaaqtuat : an introduction to Inuit myths and legends
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 16, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references: p. 286-287.
Contents
CHAPTER 1. How the world came to be and other creation stories:
The struggle for day and night
Origin of death
How children were formerly obtained
Thunder and Lightning
The brother and sister who became Thunder and Lightning
Origin of the Sun and the Moon
The mother of the Sea mammals
The orphan girl who became Mother of the Sea Mammals
The woman who married the dog
Origin of the Walrus and the Caribou
Origin of the Caribou
Origin of the Narwhal
How the Narwhal came
Origin of the Agdlaq
The hunters that transformed into a Constellation
The Akla that turned into Fog
Origin of Fog
Origin of the Red Phalarope and the Web-footed Loon
The Ptarmigan
The Ptarmigan and the Snow Bunting
The Ptarmigan and the Small Bird
The Wind
The Loon and the Raven
CHAPTER 2. Mistreatment and Consequence
Quadjaqdjuq
The Boy who harpooned a whale
The artificial skull that frightened people to death
Papik
Pautusorssuaq, who murdered his uncle
The Wife-changers
The man who did not Observe Taboos
The emigration to the land beyond the Sea
Podluksak
Murdering a Stranger
Tale of an Agdlaq
The emigration of Women
The woman who escaped to the Moon
Atanaarjuat
Lice
Storm caused by a Loon
CHAPTER 3. Journeys and Adventures:
Kiviuq
Atungait
The soul
The soul that let itself be born again in all the Animals of the Earth
CHAPTER 4. Hardships and Famine:
Ijimagasukdjukdjuaq
Igimagajug, the Cannibal
Karnapik, the Cannibal
Separated from Camp
Kating saved his family in time of Famine
Taboos and Starvation
An unsuccessful whale hunt
The old woman and her grandchild
The woman who could not be satiated
CHAPTER 5. Animals in Human Form:
The woman who heard bears speak
The man who took a wife from among the Wild Geese
The man who took a fox for a wife
Ititaujang
Dialogue between Two Ravens
The man who married a Fox
The boy who lived on Ravens
The Visitor
The woman who transformed herself into a Bear
The woman who became a bear and killed her Enemy
The Fox
The woman who became a Raven
Story of Three Girls
The Fox and the Wolf
The Bear Country
The Country of the Bears and Wolves
The Muskox
The Country of the Wolves
How Inuit learned the proper taboos for when a Bear is Killed
The Polar Bear and the Boy
The woman and her Bear Cub
CHAPTER 6. Animal Fables:
The Owl and the Lemming
The Bear and the Caribou
The Owl and the Raven
The Foxes
The Fox and the Rabbit
The Owl and the Two Rabbits
The Owl that was Too Greedy
The Owl and the Bear
The Race of the Worm and the Louse
The Raven that was anxious to be Married.
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