Medicine men of Hooper Bay : or, The Eskimo's Arabian nights / by C.E. Gillham. [Illustrations by Chanimun].
True stories of the Medicine Men, or Shamans, of the Eskimo along the Bering Sea coast. Illustrated by Chanimun, an Eskimo girl.
Record details
- Physical Description: 142 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
- Publisher: London : Batchworth Press, 1955.
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Formatted Contents Note: | I. Neshmuk the miracle man -- II. Never sleepy man -- III. Pynaytok the fire man -- IV. How Nayatok brought warm weather -- V. The villages in the sky -- VI. Orphan boy and the eagles -- VII. Why the wolves eat as they do -- VIII. Agayk and the dwarf -- IX. The orphan boys and the clapping mountains -- X. The wolves and the caribou woman -- XI. The wicked old man of the sea -- XII. The kashim of the birds -- XIII. The orphan boy and the beavers -- XIV. The boy who had faith in himself or How Attu became a great hunter -- XV. The blubber boy -- XVI. Story of the five sisters -- XVII. The adventures of Oolagon -- XVII. The festival for the seals. |
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Subject: | Eskimos > Alaska > Folklore. Eskimos > Folklore. Folklore. Inuit > Folklore. Eskimos. Alaska. |
Genre: | Folklore > Alaska > Juvenile. Folklore. |
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