The dancing fox : Arctic folktales / edited by John Bierhorst ; illustrated by Mary K. Okheena.
TITLE:
The dancing fox : Arctic folktales / edited by John Bierhorst ; illustrated by Mary K. Okheena.
Publication Date:
1997
Publication Information:
New York : Morrow,
Physical Description:
xxvi, 142 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-142).
Contents:
The adventures of Kivio -- The woman under the sea -- A giant and her little son -- The lost boys -- Worms and lice -- The girls who wished for husbands -- The orphan who became strong -- Two sisters and their caribou husbands -- The land of the birds -- Kasiak -- The woman who lived by herself -- Cannibal village -- The dancing fox -- Little bear -- The great giant Kinak -- The soul wanderer -- Two dried fish -- The blind boy and the loon.
Summary:
A description of Inuit culture accompanies a collection of eighteen Inuit folktales from an ancient oral tradition in which animals could take human form and in which magic usually had a part.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780688144067
