Bibliograph

The man of the moon, and other stories from Greenland

Type

Label

The man of the moon, and other stories from Greenland

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The man of the moon

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

and other stories from Greenland

Summary

Based primarily on explorer and anthropologist Knud Rasmussen's transcriptions of oral tales, the stories in this anthology of old Greenlandic myths and legends have been passed down through generations. This collection features stories about children and young people-stories that were told in the depths of winter that the youngest listeners would one day tell to their own children. Talking animals, flying shamans, orphans so poor they have to walk barefoot through the snow, and men so strong they can carry a whale all on their own: you'll meet all of them and more in this collection

Target audience

adult

Classification