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servant fetched him. While he (the funny one) was on the way, 

 one could hear his laughter (ik'arpalmva erserpoq]. When he 

 came in, they saw a snubnosed contemptible being with a sea- 

 scorpion between his legs. He said: today Itftivis'uaq and I 

 rowed after a seal, so that the blade of my oar got some cracks. 

 The man (who was out hunting) went out, and when he 

 looked behind him, he saw a raven, a gull, a Qi'oqe^ and a 

 falcon sitting on the slope of a mountain. Then he under- 

 stood that it was they who had shown themselves to him in 

 human shape. 



7. The little Angakoks from the North Land. 

 (lÀ'umiut, Jakobshavn.) 



A place with very large houses, large rooms in them, many 

 seal-hunters. During the winter, sometimes seals in great 

 numbers, sometimes no seals to be had. 



At one time, when the scarcity of seals threatened starva- 

 tion, some of the Innuits began talking about the big angakok 

 [a7iak-dq]. He lived far away, to be sure, but since they were 

 longing for seals, the Innuits summoned him and promised him 

 payment. The angakok came. Night and darkness came, and 

 they let it become dark in the big house ; all the lamps were 

 put out. The angakok was practising witchcraft. All night they 

 keep the lamps extinguished, and no one utters a word. Then 

 the angakok spoke and the lamps were lighted. 



The angakok, having received his payment, returns home 

 — and the hunters set out hunting. Later they come home 

 and say as before: no, no seals have come! the angakok must 

 have lied! 



They summoned another angakok, again extinguished the 

 lamps and made the interior of the house dark. Again there is 

 practised witchcraft. 



' The meaning of this name was unitnown. In East Greenland it means 

 a kind of sea-bird. 



