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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Neil Christopher , Germaine Arnattaujuq (Arnaktauyok)Publisher: Inhabit Media Inc Imprint: Inhabit Media Inc Edition: 2nd New edition Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.549kg ISBN: 9781772274882ISBN 10: 1772274887 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 31 October 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTable 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............................................................................................................................................................................ 285ReviewsAuthor InformationNeil Christopheris an educator, author, and filmmaker. He first moved to the North many years ago to help start a high school program in Resolute Bay, Nunavut. It was those students who first introduced Neil to the mythical inhabitants from Inuit traditional stories. Together with his colleague, Louise Flaherty, and his brother, Danny Christopher, Neil started a small publishing company in Nunavut called Inhabit Media Inc., and has since been working to promote Northern stories and authors. Germaine Arnattaujuqis an award-winning Inuit artist and illustrator, best known for her prints and etchings depicting Inuit myths and traditional ways of life. In 1999, she designed the special edition two-dollar coin commemorating the founding of the territory of Nunavut. She is the co-author, with Gyu Oh, ofMy Name Is Arnaktauyok: The Life and Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok, and she has illustrated numerous books. Germaine is the recipient of the 2021 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. She lives in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. 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