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The dancing fox : Arctic folktales / edited by John Bierhorst ; illustrated by Mary K. Okheena.

Bierhorst, John. (Added Author). Okheena, Mary K. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0688144063
  • ISBN: 9780688144067
  • ISBN: 0688144047
  • ISBN: 9780688144043
  • Physical Description: xxvi, 142 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Morrow, c1997.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-142).
Formatted Contents Note:
Adventures of Kivio -- Woman under the sea -- Giant and her little son -- Lost boys -- Worms and lice -- Girls who wished for husbands -- Orphan who became strong -- Two sisters and their caribou husbands -- Land of the birds -- Kasiak -- Woman who lived by herself -- Cannibal village -- Dancing fox -- Little bear -- Great giant Kinak -- Soul wanderer -- Two dried fish -- Blind boy and the loon.
Subject:
Inuit > Folklore.
Tales > Arctic regions.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Lummi Library E 99 .I58 F7 D36 1997 248515 PNW Available -
Lummi Library E 99 .I58 F7 D36 1997 248516 Stacks Available -

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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 140-142).
520 . ‡aA 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.
5050 . ‡aAdventures of Kivio -- Woman under the sea -- Giant and her little son -- Lost boys -- Worms and lice -- Girls who wished for husbands -- Orphan who became strong -- Two sisters and their caribou husbands -- Land of the birds -- Kasiak -- Woman who lived by herself -- Cannibal village -- Dancing fox -- Little bear -- Great giant Kinak -- Soul wanderer -- Two dried fish -- Blind boy and the loon.
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