Legends and Tales from Aiif,4nagsalik. 231 



selves up in a canoe sail, in which they went about quite doubled 

 up. This sail was intended to represent a wolf's body. The sail 

 only half covered the last man, and the latter had behind him a 

 hand-saw of iron attached to his body and arranged close up against 

 it like a tail. . . . This large wolf kept opening and shutting his 

 mouth, and made his way roaring and howling among the spectators, 

 who in simulated anxiety fled before him through the whole 

 house." 



If we compare this account with the description given by the 

 people of Angmagsalik of the fabulous animal, "Parpaligamik Unia- 

 kagtalik (p. 24 and 293), an exceedingly dangerous animal, whose 

 weapon is an iron tail, with which it cuts, it seems to me extremely 

 probable that these two fabulous animals have a common origin. 



I have also found a number of parallels to the tales of the East 

 Greenlanders in Boas' well-known work "The Central Eskimo", and 

 a few in Petitot's "Traditions Indiennes du Canada nord-ouest" 

 and in Simpson's "The Western Esquimaux" (Arctic Blue Book, 

 1875). Here 1 shall give references to the pages and titles of those 

 of Boas' tales of the Eskimo in Baffin Land which are identical 

 with, or have certain elements in common with the tales from 

 Angmagsalik given below. 



ANGMAGSALIK ESKLMO THE CENTRAL ESKIMO 



No. 1. Kamikinak Pag. 638. Inugpaqdjuqdjualung 



- 2. Imerasugsuk — 633. Igimarasugdjuqdjuaq the cannibal 



- 7. Natatek — 632. Qaudjaqdjuq 



- 8. The blind man who recovered his sight — 625. Origin of the narwhal 



/ — 618. Ititaujang 



- 9. Arfersiartok ^ _ g^S. The fugitive луотеп 



- 10. The Sun and the Moon — 597. The Sun and the Moon 



- 14. Two sisters who married animals . — 628. Qaudjaqdjuq 



- 16. The Moon's child — 622. Kiviung 



- 20. The origin of Kavdlunaks, Timerseks, — 637. Origin of the Adlet and of the 



and Erkiliks Qadlunait 



- 25. The two kaiakers who were helped — 624. Kiviung 



by magic charms 



- 36. Musatak — 638. The bear story 



- 47. Asiak — 600. Kadlu the thunderer 



