Author: Lawrence MillmanPublisher: Interlink Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This is a collection of Eskimo folk tales.
A Kayak Full of Ghosts
Author: Lawrence MillmanPublisher: Interlink Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This is a collection of Eskimo folk tales.
Kayak Full of Ghosts: Eskimo Folk Tales
Author: Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417762866
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Kayak Full of Ghosts: Eskimo Folk Tales Retold by Lawrence Millman
Author: A KAYAK FULL OF GHOSTS
Author: Lawrence MillmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Eskimo Folk-tales
Author: Knud RasmussenPublisher: London : Gyldendal
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
ESKIMO FOLK TALES - 53 Inuit folk and failry tales
Author: Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 8835834570
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
THE 53 ESKIMO, OR INUIT, folk tales contained herein were collected in various parts of Greenland, and recorded directly from the lips of the Inuit(Eskimo) story-tellers by Knud Rasmussen [1879 – 1933], a well-known Danish explorer; himself part Inuit/Eskimo. Like most American Indian tales, these 53 stories are unlike any European children's story. There is no Puss in Boots, nor a Cinderella or a Snow White or Sleeping Beauty. Instead you will find unique stories and tales that the Inuit used to teach their children the moral lessons of life. These stories were usually told around a campfire with great effect. Tales like: Nukunguasik, Who Escaped From The Tupilak, The Insects That Wooed A Wifeless Man, The Very Obstinate Man, The Dwarfs, The Raven And The Goose, How The Fog Came, The Giant Dog and many more. The constellation of the Great Bear is explained in one story as is the origin of Venus in another. There is a version of the Bluebeard theme in imarasugssuaq, "who, it is said, was wont to eat his wives." Instances of friendship and affection between human beings and animals are found, as in the tale of the Foster-Mother And The Bear. Fairy tales are common in all cultures worldwide. A test of how good they are is easily fulfilled by demands for another, usually by a little-one tugging at your sleeve and coyly begging for “’nutther ple-e-e-se,” and this book has many of these. The 12 grey scale illustrations are by native Inuits (Eskimos) artists are not drawn to illustrate the particular stories, but represent typical scenes such as they are described. As regards their contents, the stories present, more clearly, perhaps, than any objective study, the daily life of the Eskimos of old, their habit of thought, their conception of the universe, and the curious "spirit world" which formed their religion and mythology. In point of form they are refreshingly unique and highly enjoyable. 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. ================== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Eskimo folk tales, Inuit, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Knud Rasmussen, two friends, travel the world, coming of man, long time ago, nukunguasik, escape, tupilak, qujavarssuk, kunigseq, bear, foster-son, ímarasugssuaq, qalaganguase, land of ghosts, isigaligarssik, woo wifeless man, obstinate man, dwarfs, dwarves, bottom of the sea, frighten people, raven and the goose, when the ravens could speak, makíte, asaloq, ukaleq, íkardlítuarssuk, raven wanted a wife, vixen for a wife, great bear, star, woman with an iron tail, fog came, avenge the widows, search for a son, atungait, wandering, kumagdlak, living arrows, giant dog, inland-dwellers, etah, stab, soul, bodies of beasts, papik, patussorssuaq, artuk, forbidden things, thunder spirits, nerrivik, kagssagssuk, homeless boy, strong man, qasiagssaq, great liar, eagle, whale, two outcasts, atdlarneq, great glutton, angangŭjuk, atarssuaq, puagssuaq, tungujuluk, saunikoq, anarteq, guillemot, kanagssuaq, metis flag, angmagssalik, hunter in kayak, sarqiserasak, spirit flight, bow and arrow, half dog, half human, evil spirit, helping spirit, flying race, angiut,
Eskimo Folk-Tales
Author: VariousPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Eskimo Folk-Tales" by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Shadows from the Singing House
Author: Helen CaswellPublisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462912818
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
This multicultural children's book contains legends and myths from the Eskimo people along with traditionally-drawn illustrations. The Singing House is where the Eskimos assembled in the ancient days to sing the songs that told the stories of why the raven is black or how the fog came to be. For without the means to record these tales, how else but through these songs were the succeeding generations to know of the past? These ancient Eskimo folk tales were once sung in the Singing House. They are full of enchanting magic and strange spells. As the storyteller sings his song and the shadows dance upon the walls, we learn of Ka-ha-si who holds up the world and causes earthquakes each time he changes his position to get a better grip. We hear, too, of how the sun was placed in the sky and why a certain mountain range resembles a dragon (some say it was a dragon once upon a time). The tales in this book are all authentic Eskimo legends passed down from generations past. They have a distinct native quality of the Eskimo, and like fairy tales and legends of other countries, they are overflowing in fanciful magic.
Eskimo Folk Tales
Author: Knud RasmussenPublisher:
ISBN: 9788826416267
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Sun Maiden and the Crescent Moon
Author: James RiordanPublisher: Interlink Books
ISBN: 9781623718817
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Siberia. From this strange and beautiful land comes an oral tradition that has altered little in two thousand years. Here is a true spiritual democracy and purity of folk art rarely found in traditional tales.