516 МУ. THALBITZER. 
Nores. — *(3) Kuannia explained this on a later occasion. Okuamaaq, the 
mother of the young hunter, was herself accustomed to hunt, and like an 
angakok she was able to travel through the air, and caught seals in the 
interior. The son, on the other hand, could not even get as far as the furthest 
sealing place on the sea because he became tired from rowing before he 
reached so far. 
* (13) sakia can mean both ‘mother-in-law’ and ‘rib.’ 
(19) These armlets and straps are amulet receptacles, and are worn 
only by the men. In Rink’s text variant from West Greenland these are also 
mentioned, with the addition: “with the hair spread out man-fashion.” 
* (20) — qaquisa’ (Amm. qaqiwisa') especially used of the indentation in 
the bone button (ferrule) on the basal end of a bird-dart, here said metaph- ~ 
orically of a vulva (cf. по. 9, note 25). 
* (24) In Rink’s text is: “Thereupon she also took a kamiut-stick, used it 
as a paddle, and pretended she was rowing in a kaiak.” She has sung the 
poem before this, dancing with the drum in her hand. 
*(25) In Rinks version the mother-in-law fled, and the son pursued her 
until he saw her drop the point of the kaiak prow: at the same moment she 
became exhausted and sank down. In a variant from Egedesminde he also 
kills his wife, but not in the variant from Sukkertoppen. Cf. Rink, I, p. 360. 
Nos. 261—267. Songs from Southern Sermilik. 
Kattaleet and Iisak (DD and Phon.). 
My informants of these songs were the old woman Kattaleet (i. e. 
Catherine), the wife of the schoolmaster (ajoge) of the hamlet, and a young 
man lisak (i. e. Isac) who stayed at home by his mother while all the other 
hunters of the settlement had moved to the islands skirting the coast for 
the seasonal hunting of the great seals. 
The songs are not very old; some of them bear the stamp of the Unit- 
arian Brethren’s mission, all of them are marked by the style of the European 
civilization. 
No 261 
A little children’s song, to be recited in a half-singing tone to quiet 
the child. 
teriän‘iaq ka ka ka ka: 1 The fox (barks thus:) ka-ka-ka! 
o'a-lo orso'mik 2 For me too, some blubber. 
No. 262. 
1. 
qatunuarLime 1 Oh that it would fall to rest, 
SermiLip ina: 2 The sea off of Sermilik fjord, 
gat-onuarLume 3 That it would fall to rest! 
2. 
Oh that it would brighten, 
The deepest recess of Sermilik fjord, 
That it would brighten! 
RA 
qæ&æmangiwarLime 
SermiLip qiniwa 
qa'manlwarLime 
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