Reading Notes: Eskimo Folktales, Part B

Eskimo Shaman

     Bibliography. Eskimo Folk-Tales by Knud Rasmussen. Web Source

     Reading Notes:

     *A monster attacks a family standing on a frozen body of water. 

     *Two shamans with shape-shifting abilities fight.

     *Two sisters are sent away from their brothers. One lives with a whale and the other an eagle. 

     *Shamans battle spirits. 

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