Papik, Who Killed His Wife's Brother
Papik went out seal huntin everyday with his brother in law, who always caught a seal when he never did. He got jealous and killed the brother in law. When the grandmother found out she threatened revenge and then allowed herself to get swallowed by the ocean. She came back as a bear and dismembered his body. Now this is a lesson not to kill for no reason or a monster will come back to get you like this.
Pâtussorssuaq, Who Killed His Uncle
Another story about men wrongfully killing another man and then getting killed by a ghostly creature. Again like in the last story the ghost came back as a bear and destroyed the body/ate it. Lots of common themes- fishing, seals, ice, ghosts, bears, eskimo kisses, karma, revenge.
The Wife Who Lied
The wife from the cannibal tribe went for a visit back home and had mittens on her hands to make them think her new husbands tribe had harmed her. This caused a back and forth war and her husbands tribe killed her for her lie.
The Eagle and the Whale
A group of brothers gave their two sisters off to live with an eagle and a whale. The eventually grew homesick and missed their sisters so they got them back by killing both of them.
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Atdlarneq, The Great Glutton
Atdlarneq was a great and greedy fisherman, he came upon a cottage in a cape and three women outside of it. They received him well but were waiting for their master. He arrived and made atdlarneq eat until he was about to explode. Then he never traveled there again.
Ángángŭjuk
This boy^ disappeared from his home one day. The father wanted to immediately kill the mother for his death/disappearance but instead called a wizard to help find him. The found him in a mountain hut with people and the wizard cast them all asleep so they could go in and retrieve him. They never let him out of their sight again.
Âtârssuaq
A man taught his son^ how to swim really well for long distances underwater from the time he was just a baby. The father was killed and the son defended himself and his mother by killing all the people coming after them in canoes thanks to his swimming ability.
Tungujuluk and Saunikoq
One man had a son and the other did not so his jealousy caused him to take the form of a bear and try to kill the son. The dad stabbed him instead and then went to take the form of a walrus and let the other man harpoon him. But they both survived and the first man felt shame so he left and never returned.
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