Reading Notes, Native American Part B



Pâtussorssuaq, Who Killed His Uncle


  • Pat had a beautiful wife but was not satified
  • Liked his uncle's wife more
  • killed uncle
  • Pat's wife saw what happened and ran away to her parents 
  • Little boy saw her run but pretended like he didn't 
  • Pat gave up on looking for her and took his uncles wife
  • She died soon after
  • Pat was attacked and killed by his uncles soul in the body of a fox
  • His daughter saw everything but the uncle made her forget what she saw 

The Wife Who Lied
  • She grew up in a tribe that ate men
  • Married into a tribe that didn't eat men
  • Her old tribe started war against her new tribe
  • 3 woman surviced the attack by hiding in (skin, box used for dogs meat, store shed)
  • The new tribe attacked back and killed everyone 
  • The wife had her arms and legs cut off
  • Thats what she got for lying

Story source: Eskimo Folk-Tales by Knud Rasmussen with illustrations by native Eskimo artists (1921).

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