VARIANTS (Phon.). 
Language and Folklore. 
Do 
Om 
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B. HUNTING 
No. 59. Success when Hunting (I). 
Akernilik. 
Formula for the kaiak paddler when he is hunting on the sea. The wild 
marine animals are appeased and rendered harmless by these words. 
ea ea ki'*kaluatsa:tutin 
manertua'iputin 
ea ea дауега‘Чиип 
manertua'iputin 
ea ea ut'o‘tulin 
manertua:iputin 
ip'ulin ea. 
ea ea ат‘агдипе napa‘inarpoa 
ea 
ea 
ea 
ea 
ea 
1 
9 
3 
4 
5 
6 
You who are the common seal 
You are always compliant — 
You who are the Greenland seal 
You are always compliant — 
You who are the bearded seal 
You are always compliant. 
— ea ea (na‘ka) manertua, ki®kaluät-atutin manertua 
NOTES. — 1-3-5. The names of the seals are, as usual, paraphrased by 
holy words. 
No. 60. Success when Hunting (II). 
Akernilik. 
In order to be successful when hunting out on the sea, the hunter pro- 
nounces this formula from the entrance opening of the tent. The animals’ 
names are all rendered by sacred words. 
ea 
ea 
ea 
ea 
ea 
cop tikip:a:ga 
ki’ k-aludta:p tikip aga 
amargime napa''narpoa 
co‘p tikip:aga 
garolinarte:p (ог qawuler- 
ærtip) tikip:a'ga 
amargime napa''narpoa 
co‘p tikip:a:ga 
арегЁе‘р tikip:a:ga 
amargime пара’тагроа 
cop tikip'aga 
ut op tikip:aga 
amargime napa”narpoa 
cop (com) tikip:a'ga 
co‘ke:p Шар`а‘да 
XL. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
In the tent-opening I stand erect, 
What comes to me? 
An old male seal comes to me. 
In the tent opening I stand erect, 
What comes to me? 
A Greenland seal comes to me. 
In the tent opening I stand erect, 
What comes to me? 
A crested seal comes to me. 
In the tent opening I stand erect, 
What comes to me? 
A bearded seal comes to me. . 
In the tent opening I stand erect, 
What comes to me? 
A spotted seal comes to me. 
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