Unikkaaqtuat

Table of Contents Editor’s Note ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Chapter One How the World Came to Be and Other Creation Stories...................................................................25 The Struggle for Day and Night................................................................................................................................... 27 Origin of Death................................................................................................................................................................... 29 How Children were Formerly Obtained.................................................................................................................. 30 Thunder and Lightning................................................................................................................................................... 31 The Brother and Sister who Became Thunder and Lightning....................................................................... 33 Origin of the Sun and the Moon.................................................................................................................................. 35 The Mother of the Sea Mammals................................................................................................................................ 37 The Orphan Girl who Became the Mother of the Sea Mammals................................................................... 42 The Woman who Married the Dog ............................................................................................................................ 44 Origin of the Walrus and of the Caribou ................................................................................................................. 48 Origin of the Caribou....................................................................................................................................................... 50 Origin of the Narwhal...................................................................................................................................................... 51 How the Narwhal Came.................................................................................................................................................. 58 Origin of the Agdlaq......................................................................................................................................................... 62 The Hunters that Transformed into a Constellation.......................................................................................... 64 The Akla that Turned into Fog..................................................................................................................................... 65 Origin of Fog........................................................................................................................................................................ 67 Origin of the Red Phalarope and of the Web-footed Loon............................................................................... 71 The Ptarmigan.................................................................................................................................................................... 73 The Ptarmigan and the Snow Bunting..................................................................................................................... 74 The Ptarmigan and the Small Bird ............................................................................................................................ 75 The Wind .............................................................................................................................................................................. 76 The Loon and the Raven................................................................................................................................................. 77 Chapter Two Mistreatment and Consequence ..............................................................................................................79 Qaudjaqdjuq........................................................................................................................................................................ 81 The Boy who Harpooned a Whale ............................................................................................................................. 86 The Artificial Skull that Frightened People to Death......................................................................................... 89 Papik....................................................................................................................................................................................... 91 Pautusôrssuaq, who Murdered his Uncle............................................................................................................... 95 The Wife-changers ........................................................................................................................................................... 98 The Man who did not Observe Taboos .................................................................................................................... 100 The Emigration to the Land Beyond the Sea......................................................................................................... 102 Podluksak............................................................................................................................................................................. 106 Murdering a Stranger...................................................................................................................................................... 107 Tale of an Agdlaq............................................................................................................................................................... 110 The Emigration of Women............................................................................................................................................ 112 The Woman who Escaped to the Moon................................................................................................................... 114 Atanaarjuat.......................................................................................................................................................................... 121 Lice.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 128 Storm Caused by a Loon................................................................................................................................................. 129 Chapter Three Journeys and Adventures ...........................................................................................................................131 Kiviuq..................................................................................................................................................................................... 133 Kiviuq..................................................................................................................................................................................... 140 Atungait................................................................................................................................................................................. 150 The Soul ................................................................................................................................................................................ 157 The Soul that Let itself Be Born Again in all the Animals of the Earth....................................................... 161 Chapter Four Hardships and Famine ................................................................................................................................165 Ijimagasukdjukdjuaq....................................................................................................................................................... 167 Igimagajug, the Cannibal ............................................................................................................................................... 170 Karnapik, the Cannibal................................................................................................................................................... 174 Separated from Camp...................................................................................................................................................... 177 Kating Saved his Family in Time of Famine........................................................................................................... 179 Taboos and Starvation .................................................................................................................................................... 182 An Unsuccessful Whale Hunt....................................................................................................................................... 183 The Old Woman and her Grandchild........................................................................................................................ 186 The Woman who Could not Be Satiated.................................................................................................................. 189 Chapter Five Animals in Human Form.............................................................................................................................193 The Woman who Heard Bears Speak ....................................................................................................................... 195 The Man who Took a Wife from Among the Wild Geese.................................................................................. 198 The Man who Took a Fox for a Wife.......................................................................................................................... 202 Ititaujang .............................................................................................................................................................................. 205 Dialogue between Two Ravens ................................................................................................................................... 210 The Man who Married the Fox .................................................................................................................................... 213 The Boy who Lived on Ravens..................................................................................................................................... 219 The Visitor............................................................................................................................................................................ 222 The Woman who Transformed herself into a Bear ............................................................................................ 226 The Woman who Became a Bear and Killed her Enemy.................................................................................. 229 The Fox .................................................................................................................................................................................. 233 The Woman who Became a Raven............................................................................................................................. 234 Story of Three Girls .......................................................................................................................................................... 236 The Fox and the Wolf....................................................................................................................................................... 240 The Bear Country.............................................................................................................................................................. 241 The Country of the Bears and Wolves...................................................................................................................... 243 The Muskox ......................................................................................................................................................................... 246 The Country of the Wolves............................................................................................................................................ 247 How Inuit Learned the Proper Taboos for when a Bear is Killed................................................................. 250 The Polar Bear and the Boy.......................................................................................................................................... 251 The Woman and her Bear Cub..................................................................................................................................... 255 Chapter Six Animal Fables.................................................................................................................................................259 The Owl and the Lemming............................................................................................................................................ 261 The Owl and the Lemming............................................................................................................................................ 263 The Bear and the Caribou.............................................................................................................................................. 264 The Owl and the Raven................................................................................................................................................... 265 The Foxes.............................................................................................................................................................................. 266 The Fox and the Rabbit................................................................................................................................................... 268 The Owl and the Two Rabbits...................................................................................................................................... 269 The Owl that was Too Greedy...................................................................................................................................... 270 The Owl and the Bear...................................................................................................................................................... 272 The Race of the Worm and the Louse....................................................................................................................... 273 The Raven that was Anxious to be Married........................................................................................................... 274 Glossary................................................................................................................................................................................. 277 References............................................................................................................................................................................ 285