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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