The Dancing Fox
Arctic Folktales
New York : Morrow, [1997]
Format: Book
Description: xxvi, 142 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
Tales -- Arctic regions.
Inuit -- Folklore.
Eskimos -- Folklore.
Folklore -- Arctic regions -- Juvenile literature.
Tales -- Arctic regions.
Inuit -- Folklore.
Eskimos -- Folklore.
Folklore -- Arctic regions -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0688144063
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C FOLKLORE Dan | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-142).