288 | W. THALBITZER. 
NOTES. — 1. WGr. a‘®latigiga-una ‘I have him (or it) as the cause of my 
being in (constant) emotion (in my thoughts)’, thus explained by the reciter 
himself and by Kuannia; the vision of the adventure constantly returns, and 
cannot be forgotten. — 3-4. The meaning of these lines seems to be this: I had 
provided the point (stem) of my kaiak with a hunting-bladder or the imita- 
tion of one in order to avert the approaching tupilak. It is evident, from l. 6, 
that Manertaq (or the hunter he represents) had felt himself specially pur- 
sued by the tupilak during a journey. — 5. “The tupilak emerged right ahead 
of my kaiak.” peina'nik = pe‘ina nur? (Kuannia). Sufia took the two words as 
one = сог‘пагрта‘пе. — 7-8. ara'ruta'it ‘spell’, from the same stem as ara'rpa: 
‘pets a child with petting names or a little song.’ Cf. p. 162 (and 243, no. 43). 
| Мо. 110. A Drum Song of Manertaq, the Assistant Spirit. 
Ajukutoog. 
Ajukutooq’s assistant spirit Magertaq, who belongs to the Eajuatsiag 
people in “the world beyond,” has, in a singing duel, an opponent, Nakkaja 
by name, also an Eajuätsiaq, and the following song is supposed to be part 
of a singing duel between these two spirits. This seems to have been brought 
about, however, by the angakok having been consulted by a man, Unoo- 
kajik(?), on account of the latter’s impotence. Whereupon the angakok holds 
a performance in the man’s house, and seeks the answer through one of 
his assistant spirits. The spirit, Manertaq, appears to suggest that he has 
seen the man out on the ice attacking a young common seal, which perhaps 
involved, on the part of this man, a violation of his hunting taboo, and in 
consequence his vital debilitation. 
Refrain aja aja’ ja We 
c070'n ajerpoa 1 Why is it, then, that I am good for no- 
thing ? | 
c070'n ajerpoa 2 Whence comes it that I am good for 
nothing ? 
qua‘itsiararner ajerpoa 3 I cannot beget a child, 
qurturturnadkin-ermi ajerpoa 4 I am good for nothing because my sexual 
organ is too small. 
co-rc'or anersarterq’in ait 5 Why! What do you want? Do you en- 
courage me to sing, why? 
pinianatanudn:e 6 About the small huntings I have had? 
uwana ta:tse-ga pilara 7 I will make a poem about my hunting 
spoil. | 
uno:kajik 8 Unookajik (and I) 
tarpinialiit-unu 9 While we two roamed about (out there 
on the ice), 
ge‘rtiko:'tumana 10 Through this light through which I spied 
alimata:rtit ino 11 I saw him becoming always smaller (re- 
moving himself). 
ase”na takül”nariyaina 12 Then, at last, I saw at once what it was, 
