282 W. THALBITZER. 
The refrain is sung very long before, between, and after the lines of the 
song. 
I (A) 
ile: giak: a: 1 I viewed them again, 
kanerse-winak:t 2 Our fjords, these here, 
gqula‘nemak:t 3 From the mountain tops, these here, 
II (A) 
ile: gia"”k: a: 4 I viewed them again, 
kanerse'wimak‘i 5 Our fjords, these here, 
qula:nimak-:e 6 From the mountain tops, these here, 
III (B) 
me: conlak' a: 7 I examined them again, 
kanersiwimak‘i 8 Our fjords, these here, 
qua питает 9 From the mountain tops, these here, 
IV (B) 
me:coriak'a‘ 10 I examined them again, 
kanersiwimaki 11 Our fjords, these here, 
qula'nimak:i 12 From the mountain tops, these here. 
V (A) 
ajage’lega'k-a 13 I began to find them repellent, 
nawiän'e-leqak'a 14 I began to find them alarming 
akite an'ikite 15 Both the umiaks and the kaiaks. 
togome:wara 16 I feel in deadly fear, 
erc’e r"’aman'a 17 I am afraid of that there! 
togome:wara 18 I feel in deadly fear. 
NOTES — 1. = WGr. isigipiak:a. — 2. EGr. kanersik = WGr. kanerzuk 
‘fjord.’ -wi = WGr. -wu(t) ‘our (2). — 7. = WGr. misitsoriak'a (Kuannia). Here, 
as in 1.1 -(7)iak'a- contains the pleonastic infix -(g)io(g)- ‘also, again.’ — 15. 
Words from the Timerseet language. — 17. erce‘ra = WGr. ercigega’ra (Kuan- 
nia). — 16-18 — me: = mio ‘one who is or lives in it.’ 
No. 107. Song of the Raven Spirit. 
Mitsuarnianna. 
A raven (qaartuluk) was one of the assistant spirits of the angakok 
Akwko. While the angakok is sitting in the hut before the exit to the house-, 
passage, in a trance and with his drum by his side, he hears the account of 
his Raven spirit about a Journey made eastward to the sea ice. The song is 
made up of alternate questions and answers, like a cult song of ceremonial 
reciprocation between the two (the angakok singing in a changed voice). 
The spirit’s errand remains obscure, but he records his dangerous journey 
in his kaiak, and his meeting with the bear and the storm. 
(Refrain) a¥n-Ya'la Been 
anersa‘tage awalät'arnermat 1 Let us sing of it, when one (I) boldly 
set out on the sea 
