Inuit Stories of Being and Rebirth: Gender, Shamanism, and the Third Sex
by Bernard Saladin d' Anglure
University of Manitoba Press, 2018
Paper: 978-0-88755-830-6 | eISBN: 978-0-88755-557-2 (epub) | eISBN: 978-0-88755-559-6 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification E99.E7S312813 2018
TOC
Cover
Contents
Preface to the 2006 Edition
Foreword: Igloolik Island, a Mythical Place
The Storytellers
Introduction: Iqallijuq, Ujarak, Kupaaq, and Others
Interlude 1: Song of Saittuq
Chapter 1: Savviurtalik Is Reincarnated
Interlude 2: Iqallijuq Remembering
Chapter 2: Inuit Genesis and the Desire for Children
Chapter 3: Naarjuk: The Giant Baby with Prominent Genitals and the Master of Sila
Chapter 4: Incestuous Moon Brother Chases Sun Sister
Chapter 5: A Headstrong Daughter: The Mother of All Human Races and All Marine Mammals
Chapter 6: A Cheated Husband and Thwarted Love in the Animal World
Chapter 7: Girls Should Not Play at Marriage
Chapter 8: A Battered Wife Chooses to Be Reborn in Animal Forms, Then as a Man
Chapter 9: Kaujjajjuk, a Mistreated Orphan Rescued by the Moon Man
Chapter 10: The Danger of Being Impregnated by a Spirit When You Have a Jealous Husband
Chapter 11: Itirjuaq, the First Woman Healer
Chapter 12: The Strange Man and His Whale
Chapter 13: Atanaarjuat, the Fast Runner: A Mythical Hero
Chapter 14: Ataguttaaluk, the Cannibal Forebear (or The Birth of a Myth)
Chapter 15: Qisaruatsiaq: Back to Her Mother's Womb
Photo Section
Conclusion
Afterword
Glossary of Inuktitut Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Photo Credits
Index
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