31. The Dog : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 31. THE DOG. [This tale is taken from a single manuscript.] AN old married couple had two sons and a little daughter. The sons were renowned for strength, and for being able hunters. They used to return with their seals towing in a long line...
2. The Blind Man Who Recovered His Sight : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 2. THE BLIND MAN WHO RECOVERED HIS SIGHT. [The text of this story has been collated from eight copies, among which two have been received from Labrador, the rest from different parts of Greenland, three of them having been written down before...
Vi. Probable Origin And History : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 70 VI.--PROBABLE ORIGIN AND HISTORY. If we suppose the physical conditions and the climate of the Eskimo regions not to have altered in any remarkable way since they were first inhabited, their inhabitants of course must originally have...
44. The Child That Was Stolen : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 268 44. THE CHILD THAT WAS STOLEN BY THE INLANDERS. A MAN, whose name was Tungnerdluk, had his fixed abode by a firth, from which he made his regular excursions into the highlands to hunt the reindeer, and generally he was lucky. In winter...
Vii. Influence Of Contact With Europeans : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 76 VII.--INFLUENCE OF CONTACT WITH EUROPEANS. The natives of the Danish districts, whose numbers during last century seem to have been greatly on the decrease, were afterwards, for a long period, again increasing; while, since 1855, they...
61. The Sons Who Avenged Their Mother : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 61. THE SONS WHO AVENGED THEIR MOTHER. A GREAT many brothers were living in a house together, with but one female; that one being their old mother. Beside the house they occupied was another inhabited by an old couple, whose children consisted...
76. Inuarutligak.Whose Christian Name W : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 76. INUARUTLIGAK--WHOSE CHRISTIAN NAME WAS PETER RANTHOLL. [A tale from North Greenland.] In times far back, the ancestors of this same Inuarutligak (viz., fabulous dwarf-islander or mountain-elf) p. 401 are said to have lived...
6. The Friends : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 6. THE FRIENDS. [This is a very famous Greenland story, and is, in its present form, compiled from three copies.] TWO friends loved each other very dearly. From childhood they had been constant companions. One lived at one of the outermost...
19. Avarunguak Or Agdlerut : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 177 19. AVARUNGUAK OR AGDLERUT. AT a well-peopled place the trick of pinching was a favourite amusement with the inhabitants. One night a girl, who was an only sister with a number of brothers, came running in, crying, "I wonder who it c...
48. The Brothers Who Were Lost On Their Journey : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 48. THE BROTHERS WHO WERE LOST ON THEIR JOURNEY UP THE FIORD. SEVERAL men were living together in the mouth of a fiord. Each of them used to go out kayaking by himself; but it so happened that all those who went up the fiord entirely...
86. The Dream And Conversion Of Akamalik : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 86. THE DREAM AND CONVERSION OF AKAMALIK. [This tradition appears to rest upon an event mentioned by Crantz in his 'Historie von Gronland,' p. 561, as having taken place in the year 1743; but it is given here in a very much abridged form...
23. Sitliarnat : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 193 23. SITLIARNAT. [This tale having much resemblance to Nos. 16 and 19, the text is here somewhat abridged.] THERE were three brothers, the eldest of whom was named Sitliarnat. One day they all went out hunting on the frozen se...
Iv. Religion : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next IV.--RELIGION. The following account of the religious belief of the Eskimo is principally founded upon the traditions--the author having made inquiries among the natives as to all that appeared doubtful and obscure, and lastly, completing this...
134. A Girl Named Isserfik : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 134. A GIRL NAMED ISSERFIK preferred animals to men. Lastly, she fell in love with an eagle, that carried her off further inland. A man went after them to fetch her back; but she excited the eagle against him. The man sought refuge beneath...
Preface : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. v PREFACE. THE author of this work has partly resided, partly been travelling about, on the shores of Davis Strait, from the southernmost point of Greenland up to 73 north latitude, for sixteen winters and twenty-two summers; first...
29. The Orphans : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 29. THE ORPHANS. AT a well-peopled settlement there lived an old couple, with an only son and a younger daughter; but the parents died before they were grown up. They, however, soon got foster-parents, but these did not love them--they were...
127. The Grateful Bear : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 127. THE GRATEFUL BEAR.--A married couple lived on a lonely spot far from other people. When the man was out on his hunting-ground his place of refuge used to be a snow-hut. Once, when he was stopping in it, he saw his wife running about quite...
128. The Inhabitants Of Akilinek : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 128. THE INHABITANTS OF AKILINEK.--Iviangersook, while travelling far and wide for some time, settled down in Akilinek, leaving descendants there. Many years after, some people from the farthest north, in crossing the ice, came to a crevice...
120. Iviangersook Travelled All Around : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 120. IVIANGERSOOK TRAVELLED ALL AROUND THE COAST OF GREENLAND.--He started for the south, and having passed Cape Farewell, he came on the eastward to some light-haired people of European complexion; and lastly he returned through the Sound...
11. The Faithless Wife : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 11. THE FAITHLESS WIFE. [This and the next tale, with a third one about "the dog's offspring," which has been omitted in this translation, are taken from five manuscripts, one of which was written down in Labrador, the others in different...
75. Savanguak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 75. SAVANGUAK. [A story from South Greenland.] NEAR Kangerdlugsuatsiak there lived a man called Niumak, with his wife Kujapigak. Both were very anxious to get a suitable wife for their only son. p. 397 Niumak, from his early youth, had neither...
42. About The Children Of Two Cousins : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 42. ABOUT THE CHILDREN OF TWO COUSINS. THERE were once two cousins living together at the same winter-station, and at the time, their wives were both childless. In spring they parted from each other, saying, "Well, we will see who first gets...
145. The Shark As Provider : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 145. THE SHARK AS PROVIDER.--A mother with her daughter being abandoned by their relatives, and helpless, were saved from starvation by a dead seal which drifted to the shore. After a time they found another, and a shark appeared to them...
105. The Kidnappers : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 105. THE KIDNAPPERS.--A band of brothers tried to carry off a girl by force; but her mother, by means of a magic lay, caused them all to perish in a sudden gale. Some time after, an angakok, who had been out kayaking, stated that he had seen...
53. Salik The Kivigtok : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 302 53. SALIK THE KIVIGTOK. SALIK went off to the north; and during his journey the frost set in, and cut off his passage home, and he established himself for the winter at a very solitary place. The following spring he drew still farther...
60. Inugtujusok : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 60. INUGTUJUSOK. SEVERAL brothers lived in a large house with five windows. About the time when the youngest of them had grown to manhood, a widow with one beautiful daughter happened to live at a place not far off. The brothers were very...
97. A Man Living On Karusuk : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 97. A MAN LIVING ON KARUSUK (in the firth of Goothaab) every day used to repair to Kangek (about 24 miles distant) for the purpose of hunting auks. For his companion he had an ingnersuak, who at the same time was the tornak of an angakok...
81. The Deserted Woman And Her Foster Daughter : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 81. THE DESERTED WOMAN AND HER FOSTER-DAUGHTER. A WOMAN, who had no brothers or sisters, lived with a little foster-daughter at the house of a great seal-hunter. The daughter was very docile, and always obeyed at the least word. Once, during...
43. The Girl Who Was Stolen : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 43. THE GIRL WHO WAS STOLEN BY AN INLANDER. [This tale appearing somewhat obscure and fragmentary, has been added here only on account of its probable relation to Nos. 28 and 30. The details in the different manuscripts of these three stories...
103. Aklaujak, A Tale From Labrador : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 103. AKLAUJAK, A TALE FROM LABRADOR.--A man named Aklaujak was of immense strength. Once, when away on a reindeer-hunt, his brothers robbed him of his wife. But the mother, who from a high hill observed him sitting in his kayak and seizing two...
144. The Natives Of Labrador : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 144. THE NATIVES OF LABRADOR tell how our ancestors and the "tunneks" (or "tunnit", in Greenlandish TORNIT, plural of TUNE) in days of yore lived together; but the tunneks fled from fear of our people, who used to drill holes in their...
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Iii. Social Order, Customs, And Laws : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next III.--SOCIAL ORDER, CUSTOMS, AND LAWS. As a matter of course, what we have now to treat on is closely connected with what has already been said regarding the sustenance and mode of life peculiar to the Eskimo, because the life of a hunting...
94. The Means For Getting Children : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 94. THE MEANS FOR GETTING CHILDREN.--A married couple had in vain been in hope of getting children. At length the man set out in search of some means to attain their desire. The first summer he travelled as far as he could get to the north...
125. The Gifts From The Under World : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 461 125. THE GIFTS FROM THE UNDER-WORLD.--An old bachelor, feeling envious of a younger one because of his better luck in hunting and his finding more favour with women, applied to his mother for counsel and aid. She pointed out to him...
133. An Old Bachelor : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 465 133. AN OLD BACHELOR, being a very successful hunter, was always worried by his place-fellows about taking to himself a wife. At last he consented; but when about to make a choice, none of the women at the place appeared good enough...
22. Angutisugsuk : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 189 22. ANGUTISUGSUK. THERE were three brothers, the eldest of whom was called Angutisugsuk. They had never lived apart; and all of them were clever hunters, especially Angutisugsuk. One winter the weather was dreadfully severe, and all...
24. The Reindeer Hunt Of Merkisalik : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 24. THE REINDEER-HUNT OF MERKISALIK. [This story is compiled from two copies, one of which had been noted down in North Greenland before 1828.] MERKISALIK had only one son to assist him in providing for his family. In the summer-time they...
142. Another Tale From East Greenland : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 142. ANOTHER TALE FROM EAST GREENLAND.--A widow and her son were despised by their housemates, and suffered want of food. At last she died, and the child, named Kongajuk, being very sick, was left alone in the house. There it heard the bones...
149. Katigagse : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 149. KATIGAGSE2 had no faith in the angakut, and sometimes, when attending their conjurations, he tore p. 472 away the window-curtain, and thereby dispelled all their doings. But once when an angakok had begun his conjuration, and announced...
95. Kanginguak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 95. KANGINGUAK was a native of the south, who set forth on a journey and took up his abode near Umanarsuak (Kin of Sael, a high island of South Greenland). He had a son named Tunerak, who was such an expert rower that he used to overtake...
67. Niakunguak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 67. NIAKUNGUAK. A NUMBER of brothers always used to have their fixed winter quarters at a certain place, while several of the older ones were married. Niakunguak, one of the younger brothers, had as yet no wife. His disposition p. 363 differed...
9. The Brothers Visit Their Sister : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 9. THE BROTHERS VISIT THEIR SISTER. [This tale is very popular in Greenland. Traces of it are also found mixed up with other tales from Greenland, and with one from Labrador. Here the text is very nearly a literal translation from a single...
115. Kakortuliak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 115. KAKORTULIAK was at a reindeer-hunt,when they only succeeded in hitting one large deer, which made its escape by jumping into a lake. Kakortuliak, however, pursued it by swimming, and fastened a line to its antlers, by which it was hauled...
139. Isigarsigak And His Sister : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 139. ISIGARSIGAK AND HIS SISTER were frightened from home by the angakok tricks of their mother, and fled to the south, travelling on for three years in order to reach the end (of the land ?). Meanwhile, Isigarsigak perceived his stomach...
82. Isigarsigak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 424 82. ISIGARSIGAK. ISIGARSIGAK and his younger brother once set out on a journey northwards, and did not stop till the frost obliged them to establish themselves for the winter before they had reached their goal. Not till the middle...
147. The Ocean Spider : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 147. THE OCEAN-SPIDER.--A kayaker in the firth of Godthaab once, at a place where no shoal was known to exist, saw the bottom quite close to him. He then suddenly recollected to have heard old people talking of the ocean-spider, a most...
37. The Brother Who Went To Akilinek In Search : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 248 37. THE BROTHER WHO WENT TO AKILINEK IN SEARCH OF HIS SISTER. [In regard to this story, which is very widely known in Greenland, we refer to the introductory sections, where it is pointed out as one of those most probably resting up...
26. The Lonely Brothers : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 208 26. THE LONELY BROTHERS. [This tale is here somewhat abridged, and derived only from one manuscript, in which the journey across the country is represented as having been achieved from the west to the east coast of Greenland, an ide...
77. Akutak And Inuinak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 77. AKUTAK AND INUINAK. SEVERAL brothers had an only sister, whom they loved dearly and were very loath to part with. To the north of them was another hamlet, where lived Akutak and Inuinak. One day when out kayaking, Akutak said, "Let us go...
8. A Tale About Two Girls : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 8. A TALE ABOUT TWO GIRLS. [The text is constructed from two manuscripts, one from Labrador and the other written down in Greenland, anterior to 1828.] TWO little girls were playing with some small bones on the beach; the one with eagle-bones...
98. Atarsuatsiak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 98. ATARSUATSIAK and his brothers were a set of fearful manslayers, living in the country about Upernivik (Greenland), who had their heads tattooed with a separate mark for each murder they had committed. On Atarsuatsiak these marks formed...
49. The Solitary Kayaker : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 49. THE SOLITARY KAYAKER. THERE was once a kayaker who had only one certain hunting-place to which he always resorted, and whither he was never accompanied by any one else. He was well skilled in his craft, and generally brought home a gre...
110. An Angakok On Kekertarsuak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 110. AN ANGAKOK ON KEKERTARSUAK set off in his sledge to visit his married sister. On approaching the house his dogs suddenly stopped. After in vain trying to urge them on with his whip, he alighted and went up to the house on foot. But seeing...
141. A Tale From East Greenland : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 141. A TALE FROM EAST GREENLAND.--Two cousins loved each other, but one of them having a passion for outdoing other people, grew irritated at seeing the other not only getting first married, but also having the first son, and that one catching...
126. The Tupilak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 126. THE TUPILAK.--An old man named Nikook, who had given up seal-hunting, once, entirely by chance, brought home a walrus. The middle one of some brothers with whom he lived grew jealous of him at this, and every morning repaired...
73. The Angakok From Kakortok : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 389 73. THE ANGAKOK FROM KAKORTOK. [A tale from South Greenland.] AN angakok, who used to have his winter station a little north of Kakortok (Julianehaab), took a fancy to go and discover a nice and delightful country; and starting for his...
1. Kagsagsuk : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 93 TALES AND TRADITIONS. 1. KAGSAGSUK. [The following tale has been constructed from nine different copies, received partly from various places in Greenland, and partly from Labrador, all, however, agreeing upon every principal point. It...
17. Malaise.The Man Who Travelled To Akilinek : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 169 17. MALAISE--THE MAN WHO TRAVELLED TO AKILINEK. [This story has been collated from two separate copies, one of which was written down from the verbal narration of an East Greenlander. Akilinek signifies a fabulous country beyond...
102. A Tale From Labrador : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 102. A TALE FROM LABRADOR.--Sikuliarsiujuitsok, on account of his great size, was unable to walk upon new ice. He, all by himself, caught a whale from his kayak. But he was much dreaded and hated, and never ventured to sleep in strange places...
66. The Strong Man On The Island Of K'erka : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 66. THE STRONG MAN ON THE ISLAND OF K'ERKA. A LITTLE north of Pamiut (Frederikshaab) there is an island called K'erka. In olden times there lived on this islet a man who had no equal in kayaking. His paddle was so thick that he had to cut it...
55. Pisagsak And The Kivigtok : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 55. PISAGSAK AND THE KIVIGTOK. [This tale, having only been received from one narrator, appears too doubtful to be included among those that treat on the ancient Kavdlunait.] PISAGSAK one day went out kayaking in order to try his new...
V. Traditional Tales, Science, And Arts : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next V.--TRADITIONAL TALES, SCIENCE, AND ARTS. In the Introduction to the Tales and Traditions which precedes them we shall endeavour to explain the probable origin and the significance of the tales, as representing the science, poetry...
104. The Giant Of Kangersuak Or Cape Farewell : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 104. THE GIANT OF KANGERSUAK OR CAPE FAREWELL.--The people from the south (or east) and those from the north (or west) were at war with each other. The latter had a powerful champion, who was sitting on the top of Kangersuak to watch...
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Introductory Remarks : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 1 THE ESKIMO. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. WITH the exception of a few small and scattered tribes who may be considered as the only link between the coast people and the inlanders, the Eskimo always have their habitations close to the se...
58. The Old Men's Revenge : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 58. THE OLD MEN'S REVENGE. TWO men were living together, each of them having a son. When the young men were beginning to provide for them, the old ones resolved to abandon hunting altogether, and gave themselves up to their ease and comfort...
18. Navaranak Or Javraganak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 174 18. NAVARANAK OR JAVRAGANAK. [This apparently historical tradition has been given in two separate narratives, the original copies not agreeing sufficiently to admit of their being combined into one, although they have evidently sprung...
33. A Lamentable Story : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 33. A LAMENTABLE STORY. [From one of the older manuscripts.] AN old man had taken up his position on the ice watching the breathing-holes of the seals, in order to spear them as they appeared. Meanwhile some little girls were playing on shore...
3. Igimarasugsuk : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 106 3. IGIMARASUGSUK. [This somewhat trifling but still curious story is well known to every child in Greenland; and one tale has also been got from Labrador, and is undoubtedly another reading of the same original, though much abridged...
21. The Lost Daughter : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 21. THE LOST DAUGHTER. AN old woman lived with her three children, two sons and a daughter. The sons were good hunters, and loved their sister exceedingly. As time passed on, the mother observed a change in her daughter's manners; and one day...
129. The Mother And Son As Kivigtut : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 129. THE MOTHER AND SON AS KIVIGTUT.--A widow, greatly harassed by the persecutions of a man who wanted to marry her, fled to the inland with her p. 463 little son, whom she educated with the view of making him a hater of the male sex. She...
108. The Bird's Cliff : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 108. THE BIRD'S CLIFF.--A father and his son, while kayaking far off the land, fell in with a kayariak, who at once gave chase to them. They fortunately escaped by jumping out on a flake of ice, from which they struck their persecutor dead;...
130. The Help From Ingnersuit : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 130. THE HELP FROM INGNERSUIT.--An old man once met with an ingnersuak, who invited him to his house, and told him that he had watched in order to have some talk with him that no one else might hear. He wanted to let him know that, if ever he...
34. Uvikiak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 34. UVIKIAK. [From one of the oldest manuscripts.] UVIKIAK was travelling to the north, accompanied by one son and two daughters. Whenever he came to a favourable shore, the son kayaked ahead of them, and when the others came up to the spot...
64. Naujarsuak And Kukajak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 64. NAUJARSUAK AND KUKAJAK. [A tale from South Greenland.] NAUJARSUAK and Kukajak were friends, and both skilled hunters. They lived apart; but being very fond of each other, they were often together. In spring, when the first seals had made...
62. Ernersiak The Foster Son : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 62. ERNERSIAK THE FOSTER-SON. LITTLE Ernersiak lived with an aged stepmother at a place where a number of men, who were all brothers, housed together, and at that same place there was also an immensely strong man. In the autumn the youngest...
15. Giviok : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 15. GIVIOK. [This tale is chiefly taken from a single manuscript, but nevertheless it is well known all over Greenland. Some slight traces will be found in it of the Indian Hiawatha tale.] GIVIOK (pron. Ghiviok),1 it is told, lost his wife...
107. Avigiatsiak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 107. AVIGIATSIAK was the name of a young woman who, while grinding her knife on the beach, was taken by a whale. After living for a time with the whales, she fled and was transformed into a seal, living with the seals. As such she was caught...
112. The Cousins : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 112. THE COUSINS.--This tale is somewhat similar to No. 15, but in the present version the revenge is p. 454 brought on by an angakok, who assisted the cousins on a flight, and while staying with them invoked his tornak, the "toolik", who...
135. The Sunrise : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 135. THE SUNRISE.--A man from the east coast of Greenland from love for his home never left it even during the summer-time; and among his principal enjoyments was that of gazing at the sun rising out of the ocean. But when his son grew up he...
91. The Moon : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 91. THE MOON.--Several stories are told about people travelling to the moon. The following are specimens of these myths. "Kanak", on fleeing from mankind, felt himself lifted up from the ground, and following the way of the dead. At length he...
10. Kunuk The Orphan Boy : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 10. KUNUK THE ORPHAN BOY. [This tale seems to have its origin in historical facts, worked into a tale at a later period. Some parts of it allude to the struggles with the Indians, and the sudden attacks made by them on the Eskimo. Others most...
150. Ordlavarsuk : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous 150. ORDLAVARSUK despised the angakut, and never used to attend their conjurations. But once spending an evening at another place, in a house where an angakok went on performing his art, he became so fond of the women's song, that suddenly he took...
101. Malarsuak, A Story From East Greenland : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 101. MALARSUAK, A STORY FROM EAST GREENLAND.--A man named Malarsuak started in search of his lost sister. Travelling by sledge, he came to houses inhabited by cannibals, with one of which he found his sister domesticated. A hideous-looking...
72. The Man Not To Be Looked At : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 72. THE MAN NOT TO BE LOOKED AT BY THE EUROPEANS. [A tale from South Greenland.] AT Tasiusanguak there once lived a handy and clever fellow, called Kenake (pron. Kenakee). It was in those times when the whalers used to touch on the isle...
39. The Child Monster : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 258 39. THE CHILD-MONSTER. AMONGST a number of people who lived in the same house, one woman was in the act of childbirth, when all of a sudden the midwife attending her cried out in great dismay, "Ah, it is a monster, with great big teeth;...
79. Avatarsuak, Who Was Baptised Nathan : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 414 79. AVATARSUAK, WHO WAS BAPTISED NATHAN. IT is said that his grandfather, being likewise called Avatarsuak, was a wise man. It was he who took charge of his younger namesake, whose own father had been early called away from home...
84. A Visit To The Giants : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 84. A VISIT TO THE GIANTS. THE orphan boy Inoosarsuk was greatly loved by his foster-mother, but not by his foster-father. p. 429 One day, when the father was out on a seal-hunt, the mother told Inoosarsuk she was tired of seal-flesh...
119. The Igdlok : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 119. THE IGDLOK.--A man had lost his beloved cousin and friend, who in his sight had been torn to pieces by one of those bears that are made by sorcery. In his despair be went out to encounter and brave all kinds of danger by way...
96. Kigdlinararsuk : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 96. KIGDLINARARSUK, in order to avenge the murder of his sister, went out in search of an old woman p. 445 who could agsist him in getting an amulet for giving swiftness to a boat. The first one he came to replied, "I have grown rather old...
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59. Aterfio : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 59. ATERFIO. TWO widows, having each a son, had chosen their winter quarters at no great distance from one another. Both of them happened to have several neighbours; but though these principally consisted of rich and prosperous people, they...
71. Kigutikak Who Was Carried Off : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 71. KIGUTIKAK WHO WAS CARRIED OFF BY THE WHALERS. [This curious story appears to be founded upon a real event, one of the numerous acts of violence committed by the first European visitors to Greenland. If we wish to appreciate properly these...
16. Tiggak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 162 16. TIGGAK. [This is an abstract from three somewhat varying copies received from Greenland. In one of the Labrador legends traces of the same tale appear.] TIGGAK was a famous angakok and sorcerer. He married a girl who had a number...
113. Manik : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 113. MANIK was a great seal-hunter, but his mother in vain urged him to take a wife. He continued a bachelor, till one day he suddenly ordered his mother to make ready the boat for removing from the place. As soon as she had made all ready, he...
70. The Strong Man On Umanak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 373 70. THE STRONG MAN ON UMANAK. ON the isle of Umanak in the Isortok firth (South Greenland) lived a very strong man, besides a great many other people. He gained great fame from his extraordinary strength, and was likewise considered...
54. Stories About The Ancient Kavdlunait : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 54. STORIES ABOUT THE ANCIENT KAVDLUNAIT. [The four following tales are given in one section on account of their more local character, being known only to the west Greenlanders, especially the southernmost of them, and representing the only...
131. The Removal Of Disco Island : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 464 131. THE REMOVAL OF DISCO ISLAND.--Off the southernmost part of Greenland an island was situated which some of the inhabitants of the mainland took a dislike to, because it cut them off from the open sea. Two old men got the ide...
35. The Sun And The Moon : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 236 35. THE SUN AND THE MOON. [This tale, one of the few already mentioned by other authors on Greenland, has been translated from one of the oldest manuscripts.] AN old married couple remained at home while their children travelled...
13. The Barren Wife : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 13. THE BARREN WIFE. [This very popular tale has been collated from three copies agreeing in all essential particulars.] A MAN had a wife who begat him no children. The husband, who was envious of all the people who had children, one day told...
I. Subsistence And Mode Of Life : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 6 I.--SUBSISTENCE AND MODE OF LIFE. The sustenance of the Eskimo is entirely derived from the capture of seals and cetaceous animals, which has made them inhabitants of the sea-shore. Both kinds of animals enable them, especially by means...
138. The Bloody Rock : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 138. THE BLOODY ROCK.--At a certain wintering-place all the men successively disappeared on going out. Two young lads who were still left, while roaming about came to a mountain continually turning round, and on one side all bloody. One youth...
114. The Land Of The Isarukitsok Bird : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 455 114. THE LAND OF THE ISARUKITSOK BIRD ("Alca impennis"), a story from South Greenland.--Two young men with one elder companion lost their way when kayaking in foggy weather, and having roamed about without being able to sight any l...
143. The Swimmer, A Tale From Labrador : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 143. THE SWIMMER, A TALE FROM LABRADOR.--A mother, who lived at a solitary place, successively lost all her children, who were killed by enemies. Finally, she got a son, whom from his babyhood she brought up with the aim of making him fit...
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140. A Woman Named Arnasugaussak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 140. A WOMAN NAMED ARNASUGAUSSAK, on being scolded by her parents for having broken her mother's precious needle, fled with her daughter to the inland, where they lived with people, who after a while were transformed into partridges...
57. The Witchcraft Of Kulange : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 57. THE WITCHCRAFT OF KULANGE. IT was Kulange's (pron. Koolanghee's) business to bring up and down the fishing implements, tools, and arms of the kayakers. Having no kayak of his own, he only roamed about the country. He had but one friend;...
146. A Woman Named Alekakukiak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 146. A WOMAN NAMED ALEKAKUKIAK had been allied to her enemies by the bands of marriage. A poor old wife, to whom she had shown much kindness, once informed her of her brothers-in-law intending to kill her. On hearing this she fled...
116. The Kuinasarinook : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 116. THE KUINASARINOOK.--Uvnek, one of the last angakut at the firth of Godthaab, on one of his spirit-flights narrowly escaped being taken by an "amarsiniook". After his return he once performed a conjuration and summoned the "amarsiniook"...
92. The Woman Who Wanted To Be A Man : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 92. THE WOMAN WHO WANTED TO BE A MAN.--A woman named Arnarkuak would not give up scolding p. 443 her son on account of his want of skill in hunting and other manly pursuits. Once in his absence, when he had gone out kayaking, she forced her...
78. Arnarsarsuak, The Kivigtok Woman : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 78. ARNARSARSUAK, THE KIVIGTOK WOMAN. ARNARSARSUAK was a pretty girl, much courted by the best seal-hunters of the neighbourhood. Her brothers being unwilling to let her get married, she at length took up with a fellow and lived with him...
41. The Woman Who Got Connected With : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 41. THE WOMAN WHO GOT CONNECTED WITH THE INGNERSUIT1 OR UNDER-WORLD PEOPLE. IT once happened that two men went out deer-hunting, accompanied by a woman. On the way they scolded her, at which she got vexed, and tied up her boots in order...
136. The Arnarkuagsak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 136. THE ARNARKUAGSAK.--An angakok performed a conjuration in order to procure good seal-hunting. He went down to the old hag, the arnarkuagsak, at the bottom of the sea, and found her in a great rage. Having entered her abode, she seized hold...
69. The Angakok Ataitsiak Practising His : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 69. THE ANGAKOK ATAITSIAK PRACTISING HIS ART WITH THE BENEVOLENT INGNERSUIT. ATAITSIAK was a very celebrated angakok, who had his hunting-place close to his abode, and he used to frequent it all by himself. If he ever wanted company he used...
45. The Angakok's Flight To Akilinek : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 45. THE ANGAKOK'S FLIGHT TO AKILINEK. [The following three tales are here given separately, but nevertheless put under one number, their contents being, on the one hand, interesting with regard to the information implied about the art...
100. Atungak, A Tale From Labrador : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 100. ATUNGAK, A TALE FROM LABRADOR.--A man named Atungak had two wives. One of them having run away, he pursued her in his sledge, and soon overtook her. They then travelled together, and came to cannibals, whose chief invited them to his...
93. An Angakok Flight : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 93. AN ANGAKOK FLIGHT.--A great angakok, being once called upon to perform a conjuration, took a thong of seal-skin, and having in one end cut a hole for his toe, he twisted it round his body, and made fast the other end to his head. When...
5. Akigsiak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 116 5. AKIGSIAK. [Of this tale six different copies have been received. It seems in a very remarkable way to refer to certain historical facts in regard to the intercourse between the Indians and the Eskimo, and is in some measure analogous...
7. Katerparsuk : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 124 7. KATERPARSUK. [This is also very commonly known all over Greenland, and the subjoined version is constructed from five manuscripts.] KATERPARSUK was a poor orphan boy. When he grew up he was anxious to get on in the world, because...
30. The Girl Who Went Away In Search Of Her : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 30. THE GIRL WHO WENT AWAY IN SEARCH OF HER BROTHER. [From two rather defective copies.] ALEKATOKAK went away with her brother Asuvina, to set up fox-traps. Having arrived at the place they had fixed upon, she told her brother that she wanted...
132. The Amarok : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 132. THE AMAROK.--A man who mourned the death of a relative went out in hopes of finding some means of excitement; and being told that an amarok had been heard roaring in the firth of Nook (Godthaab), he could not be kept from going off...
88. Atlunguak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 88. ATLUNGUAK was a miserable hunter, despised and mocked by his housemates, who only saw in him a poor wretch always sitting behind his mother's lamp, and feeding upon what the others brought home. But when some deed of special daring, which...
Introduction To The Tales And Traditions : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 83 INTRODUCTION TO THE TALES AND TRADITIONS. THE tales and traditions, the relation of which forms one of the principal amusements and entertainments of the Greenlanders, appear to be instructive, and not without signification in regard...
121. A Married Couple Remained Childless : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 121. A MARRIED COUPLE REMAINED CHILDLESS ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR BOTH BEING ANGAKOK.--The husband and wife always used to go out kayaking together. Once they happened to come to a foreign place, where a young man was found in an almost dying state...
90. The Anghiak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 90. THE ANGHIAK.--A company of brothers had a single sister, and would not allow her to marry. Nevertheless, having many suitors, she finally came to be with child; and because of her brothers' reproaches, she secretly had a miscarriage; but...
25. Namak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 25. NAMAK. [Of this story there is only one manuscript, written down in North Greenland before 1828.] THE parents of Namak were both killed by their house-fellows; and while he was as yet but a weak and helpless child, a man happened to take...
83. Atalianguak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 83. ATALIANGUAK. ATALIANGUAK was an excellent seal-hunter, and lived as a bachelor in a large house, together with several cousins. At spring-time he used to go out all by himself in his boat in order to fish "angmagsat" (Capelins). One...
124. A Girl Named Tuagtuanguak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 124. A GIRL NAMED TUAGTUANGUAK fled from her brother-in-law, who persecuted her. Running across the ice, she fell through; but having again got up, she ran on and on to the north constantly, viewing a black spot before her. Swooning several...
118. The Revenging Animals : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 118. THE REVENGING ANIMALS.--A great angakok, while kayaking about at midsummer, suddenly took a p. 457 longing for eggs; and landing upon an island, he found a merganser's nest with plenty of eggs, all of which be carried away. On his way...
12. The Man Who Mated Himself With A Sea Fowl : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 12. THE MAN WHO MATED HIMSELF WITH A SEA-FOWL. AN old bachelor used to amuse himself by playing with skulls of seals, and feigning them to be his children. When he went out kayaking he put them down on the beach, and having placed himself...
106. The Visiting Animals : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 106. THE VISITING ANIMALS.--An old man, while staying in a firth to fish for salmon, lost his son, who died at some distance up the country. In his grief he could not persuade himself to leave his son's grave, and he therefore put up his...
148. A Woman Who Was Mated With A Dog : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 148. A WOMAN WHO WAS MATED WITH A DOG1 got ten children. When they had grown larger, she ordered them to devour her father, whereupon she divided them into two parties and sent them off from home to seek their subsistence henceforth by...
123. Angakorsiak Was Very Proud Of His Angakok : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 123. ANGAKORSIAK WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS ANGAKOK WISDOM, and always roamed about seeking opportunities of emulating other angakut. When he happened to surpass them, he used to mock and ridicule them in a most overbearing manner. Once he visited...
40. The Kivigtok : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 40. THE KIVIGTOK. [This story, taken from an old manuscript, is only a sample of the many narratives treating about this very popular subject, which will be found more or less intermixed in various other tales of this collection.] THERE w...
122. An Old Man Lost His Only Son : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 122. AN OLD MAN LOST HIS ONLY SON when they were both reindeer-hunting up the country. After returning home he often used to visit his son's grave. Kayaking up the firth with this view, he once right before him saw an inlander pulling himself...
68. Augpilagtok : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 68. AUGPILAGTOK. AUGPILAGTOK, who was living in the southern part of the country, chanced to hear that Kangek (pron. Kanghek--at the firth of Godthaab) was an excellent place for seal-hunting. He accordingly started for it; but the autumn set...
27. Sikutluk : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 27. SIKUTLUK. SIKUTLUK and his cousin were living together, and loved each other dearly. At that settlement the cousin was the only one who possessed a dog. One day Sikutluk observed his cousin sitting before his tent doing some work, the dog...
36. Nivnitak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 238 36. NIVNITAK. [The high esteem in which personal dexterity and strength, combined with courage and hardihood, have been held by the natives, is pointed out to us in this curious story, which especially aims at bringing these qualities...
Title Page : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next TALES AND TRADITIONS OF THE ESKIMO WITH A SKETCH OF THEIR HABITS, RELIGION, LANGUAGE AND OTHER PECULIARITIES BY DR HENRY RINK KNIGHT OF DANNEBROG DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL GREENLAND BOARD OF TRADE, AND FORMERLY ROYAL INSPECTOR OF SOUTH GREENL...
111. Singajuk And His Descendants : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 111. SINGAJUK AND HIS DESCENDANTS.--Singajuk was a celebrated hunter living in Kangek (near Godthaab). His wife miscarried, and brought forth a poor little wretch of a child, that was swaddled in the skin of an eider-duck, and had to be...
38. Ussungussak Or Savnimersok : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 38. USSUNGUSSAK OR SAVNIMERSOK. [This tale, taken from two of the older manuscripts, is given here on account of its apparent mythological reference; otherwise it will be found to be somewhat fragmentary and obscure.] A NUMBER of people once...
74. Utereetsok's Journey To The Far North : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 74. UTEREETSOK'S JOURNEY TO THE FAR NORTH. [A tale from South Greenland.] A MAN, named Utereetsok, once started from Ilulissat, and travelled northwards, visiting all the inhabited places he passed. He went beyond Umanak and even Upernivik...
14. The Two Brothers : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 14. THE TWO BROTHERS. [This tale is compiled from four manuscripts which differ somewhat.] TWO brothers lived in the mouth of a fiord--the elder one on the sunny side, the other on the shady side of the inlet. One night the servant...
4. Kumagdlat And Asalok : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 109 4. KUMAGDLAT AND ASALOK. [This story, also well known in all parts of Greenland, has been derived from five copies, written in different parts of that country. Unlike the preceding tales, it exhibits a more historical appearance...
65. The Two Friends Rescued : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 65. THE TWO FRIENDS RESCUED BY THE BENEVOLENT INGNERSUIT. ONE widow lived all alone with her son at a winter station; and a little more to the south another widow, also with an only son, had her residence. The young men were fast friends...
50. Kasiagsak, The Great Liar : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 50. KASIAGSAK, THE GREAT LIAR. KASIAGSAK, who was living with a great many skilful seal-hunters, always returned in the evening without a catch of his own. When he was out, his wife, named Kitlagsuak, was always restless and fidgety, running...
117. An Old Man, Who Was Always Anxious : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 117. AN OLD MAN, WHO WAS ALWAYS ANXIOUS TO OUTDO OTHER PEOPLE, had laid a bet with his friend as to whose wife should first get a son; and afterwards, as to which of their sons should in course of time become the greatest angakok. One of them...
87. Sangiak, Or Nerngajorak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next [NOTE.--Of the following Tales only the principal parts have been selected, and are given here in a very fragmentary form.] 87. SANGIAK, OR NERNGAJORAK.--A man whose wife could beget no children was advised by an old wise man to set off in his...
Ii. Language : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next II.--LANGUAGE. Of all the original American languages, perhaps none has been so minutely scrutinised, both lexicographically and grammatically, as that of the Greenlanders. The Labrador dialect also belongs to the better known amongst them...
85. Kagsuk : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 431 85. KAGSUK. [The story here given as having happened in the districts of Holsteinsborg and Sukkertoppen, in Greenland, is perhaps a variant of an older tale, only localised in this way. We give it here in an abridged form.] IT is said...
109. Kuanak, An Angakok In South Greenland : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 109. KUANAK, AN ANGAKOK IN SOUTH GREENLAND, started for a flight, having previously had his feet and his head tied together. While passing along between two high rocks, an "amarsiniook" rushed out from the mountain-side and wanted to take him...
99. Among The Last Angakut At Kangerdlugsuatsiak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 99. AMONG THE LAST ANGAKUT AT KANGERDLUGSUATSIAK (Greenland) was a man named Kapiarsuk, and a woman called Avangnanersuak, who every day during the whole winter used to go out together to catch partridges, but never brought any home, and never...
56. The Angakok Tugtutsiak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 56. THE ANGAKOK TUGTUTSIAK. [This tale, only received in one copy, has been adopted for the present collection on account of its referring to the process of being "angakok poolik", frequently mentioned by the older authors in connection with...
51. The Revived Who Came To The Under World People : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 298 51. THE REVIVED WHO CAME TO THE UNDER-WORLD PEOPLE. A HUSBAND and a wife, with an only son, were living together with an old married couple, who had got no children at all. On a certain day, while together on the fishing-place...
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32. The Widow's Vengeance : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 32. THE WIDOW'S VENGEANCE. [From one of the older manuscripts.] THERE was a widow with a son named Kujanguak; beyond her house was another one, inhabited by a number of brothers, all clever at their profession, and p. 229 well off. Whenever...
46. The Kayakers In Captivity With The Malignant : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 46. THE KAYAKERS IN CAPTIVITY WITH THE MALIGNANT INGNERSUIT. [The following abridged stories are only variations of the popular theme, which appear to exhibit one of the principal dangers which could be encountered and braved by renowned...
89. Nakasungnak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 89. NAKASUNGNAK travelled far up north, and settled down with some people who used boats, but no kayaks. He was very presumptuous and obstinate. His new place-fellows told him that before long the ice-covered bear would make its appearance...
20. The Girl Who Married An Atliarusek : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 20. THE GIRL WHO MARRIED AN ATLIARUSEK.1 AN aged couple had a daughter who had a great many suitors; but the old people were very selfish, and wanted to keep her at home. Meanwhile a man came who was very anxious to get the daughter. At last...
47. The Orpran Boy Iliarsorkik : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 281 47. THE ORPRAN BOY ILIARSORKIK. IN a house which was occupied by a great number of people lived a married couple with only one son; the parents, however, both died while he was quite a baby. Another family adopted him; but on finding...
80. About The Men From The Firth Visiting : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 80. ABOUT THE MEN FROM THE FIRTH VISITING THE PEOPLE AT THE OPEN SEA-SHORE. THERE once lived three brothers at the head of a firth not far from Nook (Goothaab). They were born firth-people, and never thought of approaching the outer sea-coast...
28. The Girl Who Fled To The Inlanders : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next p. 217 28. THE GIRL WHO FLED TO THE INLANDERS. [The details of this legend are somewhat defective, owing to the imperfect state of the manuscripts from which it was compiled. The tradition itself is widely spread over Greenland, but does not...
137. Saugak : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 137. SAUGAK had a quarrel with his brother and fled. He came to a house of such length that a man could wear out the soles of his boots wandering from one end to the other. The master of the house had a crowd of daughters, and an immense stock...
63. The Old Southlander : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 63. THE OLD SOUTHLANDER. IN days of yore there was an old man who lived down south with his only son, a very dexterous and able sportsman, in the country near Agdluitsok (South Greenland). When this son was able to supply their wants...
52. The Old Bachelor : Sacred-Texts Native American Inuit Index Previous Next 52. THE OLD BACHELOR. THERE was once a queer old bachelor who had a singular dislike to singing: whenever he heard people sing, he would take himself off immediately. One day, being out at his hunting-place off the coast, he heard people...