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Kayakmen: Tales of Greenland's Seal Hunters (Paperback)

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By Signe Rink (Editor), Torben Hutchings (Translator)
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Greenlanders gained reliable social entertainment from the oral retelling of their legends. With the only printed material available at the time being of Christian origin, interest grew for Greenlandic stories, leading to the formation of Atuagagdliutitthe first, and still published, periodical in the country. The stories collected in Kayakmen originally appeared there. This text represents a firsthand account of the civilization of Greenlanders depicting a true picture of their age.

Product Details
ISBN: 9780996193849
ISBN-10: 0996193847
Publisher: International Polar Institute
Publication Date: December 13th, 2016
Pages: 128
Language: English