This week I decided to indulge in the Eskimo Tales for my reading. Overall, I enjoyed Part A. I thought the structure of some of the stories was a little funny. In The Woman Who Had a Bear as a Foster-Son it ends with "Here the story ends," which I found interesting. There were a few stories that stuck out to me. The first one being The Woman Who Had a Bear as a Foster-Son. It was about a woman who had been given a bear-cub, and she took it home and raised it as her own. As it grew older, it became more aggressive and killed a man. The woman decided to let it free to be with its own kind. I felt this story could be applied to a lot of modern situations of loving something and being forced to set it free.
Another story that stood out to me was Nukúnguasik, who Escaped from the Tupilak. A twisted story of a brother killing another brother and eating him. I don't think I can translate this to another plot line, but I would like to give it a try. I might explore it this week. I just thought it was twisted and disturbing. It was definitely noteworthy.
Caption: Brother Bear. Obtained from giphy.com
Bibliography: Eskimo Folk-Tales by Knud Rasmussen with illustrations by native Eskimo artists (1921).
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