The Man of the Moon

and Other Stories from Greenland

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Pub Date 06 Jul 2021 | Archive Date 28 Nov 2021

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Based primarily on explorer and anthropologist Knud Rasmussen’s transcriptions of oral tales, the stories in this anthology of old Greenlandic myths and legends have been passed down through generations. This collection features stories about children and young people—stories that were told in the depths of winter, that the youngest listeners would one day tell to their own children.

Talking animals, flying shamans, orphans so poor they have to walk barefoot through the snow, and men so strong they can carry a whale all on their own: you’ll meet all of them and more in this collection.

Based primarily on explorer and anthropologist Knud Rasmussen’s transcriptions of oral tales, the stories in this anthology of old Greenlandic myths and legends have been passed down through...


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ISBN 9781772272956
PRICE CA$29.95 (CAD)
PAGES 202

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This ia a collection of folk tales from the indigenous people of Greenland.

To Western White ears, they are all quite odd. A child is tormented because of his physical deformities, gains magic, and kills everyone in the village that made fun of him, which left only his foster mother, and an old man. Fun times. Another story tells of an old man who didn't like being teased, so he incased the children who mocked him, in a stone, until the parents begged him to be release them.

Nice illustrations, but there is no theme other than they are stories of children from a greater collection of stories.

<em>Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.</em>

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