Notes to G. Holm's Collection of Lef'ends ami Tales from Angmagsallk. 311 



In a few of the Eastern tales I believe I have noticed elements 

 which I fail to find in the collection from the West coast, but traces 

 of which occur in what little we as yet have from Labrador and 

 Baffin's Land. 



It will be interesting to see whether the 16 tales, which so far 

 appear to be peculiar to East Greenland, subsequently turn up in 

 some form or other in quite other and far remote regions. 



That the last numbers, which are to be regarded as rarities, possess 

 a great value for Eskimo folklore, can scarcely be called in question. 



Contributions from the extreme Eskimo East which might serve 

 as a base for comparison are almost entirely lacking, but there is 

 every prospect that they will soon be forthcoming. Just at this 

 juncture it is a matter of great importance to be equipped with 

 corresponding information from the extreme East of Eskimo lands; 

 and thus the collection may be said to have come just at the right 

 moment, as far as Denmark is concerned. 



T. T. means my Talesand Traditions of the Eskimo etc. (Edinburgh 



and London 1875.) 



E. S. means Eskimoiske Eventyr og Sagn. (Kjøbenhavn 1866.) 

 E. S. Spl. means Supplement til Eskimoiske Eventyr og Sagn. 



(Kjøbenhavn 1871.) 



1. Kamikinak. 



This tale substantially agrees with "A Visit to the Giants", or 

 Inoosarsuk, T. T. no. 84 (E. S. Spl. no. 37) in its main theme, namely 

 that a boy crosses in a kaiak over the sea to the land of the giants 

 in Akilinek, and there grows into a giant himself. With regard to 

 Inoosarsuk, it is told how he was driven to it by the mistreatment 

 of his foster-father; in Kamikinak's case a disparaging remark of his 

 mother is the sole motive given. 



2. Imerasugsuk. 



This tale agrees substantially with Igimarasugsuk, T. T. 3 (E. S. 3), 

 which is based on four versions, one of which comes from Labrador. 

 The Labrador version, however, differs in many essential particulars 

 from the others, and bears no close resemblance to the East Green- 

 land version. The tale is also known from Baffin's Land. 



3. Kaluluk. 



As far as I am aware, there exists no tale corresponding to this 

 one. As to the elements of which it is composed, the charm over 

 the bucket of drinking water recurs in Malaise T. T. 17 (E. S. 23), 



