This collection of traditional Inuit stories is told through the artwork of acclaimed Inuk artist Germaine Arnattaujuq (Arnaktauyok).Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Germaine Arnattaujuq is an award-winning Inuit artist and illustrator, best known for her prints and etchings depicting Inuit myths and traditional ways of life. In 1999, she designed the special edition two-dollar coin commemorating the founding of the territory of Nunavut. She is the co-author, with Gyu Oh, of My Name Is Arnaktauyok: The Life and Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok, and she has illustrated numerous books. Germaine is the recipient of the 2021 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. She lives in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Neil Christopher is an educator, author, and filmmaker. He first moved to the North many years ago to help start a high school program in Resolute Bay, Nunavut. It was those students who first introduced Neil to the mythical inhabitants from Inuit traditional stories. Together with his colleague, Louise Flaherty, and his brother, Danny Christopher, Neil started a small publishing company in Nunavut called Inhabit Media Inc., and has since been working to promote Northern stories and authors.
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Table of Contents 2 Foreword 10 Pinngurniq: In the Beginning 13 In the Beginning There Was Only Darkness 14 The Origin of Day and Night 17 The Origin of Death 20 Giants of the Earth 23 The Polar Bear Hunt That Marked the Sky 27 The Northern Lights 28 Surainiit: The Crimes That Shaped the Northern Skies 31 The Origin of the Sun and Moon 33 The Giant Orphan in the Sky 37 The Man of the Moon 38 The Orphans in the Sky 42 Nirjutit Papattijingat: Those that Created the Animals 45 The Mother of the Sea Mammals 47 The Spirit that Released Caribou in the World 53 The Blind Boy and the Loon 54 Epilogue 56 The Earth Birthed Children 59 The Tuniit 62 Contributors 64 Glossary of Inuktitut Words
Table of Contents 2 Foreword 10 Pinngurniq: In the Beginning 13 In the Beginning There Was Only Darkness 14 The Origin of Day and Night 17 The Origin of Death 20 Giants of the Earth 23 The Polar Bear Hunt That Marked the Sky 27 The Northern Lights 28 Surainiit: The Crimes That Shaped the Northern Skies 31 The Origin of the Sun and Moon 33 The Giant Orphan in the Sky 37 The Man of the Moon 38 The Orphans in the Sky 42 Nirjutit Papattijingat: Those that Created the Animals 45 The Mother of the Sea Mammals 47 The Spirit that Released Caribou in the World 53 The Blind Boy and the Loon 54 Epilogue 56 The Earth Birthed Children 59 The Tuniit 62 Contributors 64 Glossary of Inuktitut Words
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