Paperback, F. xxii+122pp, b/w frontis, 31 b/w & colour text illustrations, a nice fine copy. New. English translation, by a woman who has been keeping the story alive by oral tradition all her adult life, of an ancient Northern Story Cycle. The tale, told by the Inupiat of the Kobuk Valley in Alaska, concerns the hero Qayaq, his travels, discoveries [ the canoe, the arrow ] and his battles. The tale contains what could be Bibical references - The Flood, Adam and Eve.

ISBN 0886292670, inuit, alaska, mythology, canada, folklore, arctic, polar, legends