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MARC recordInuit oral traditions about Tunit in Greenland / Inge Kleivan.
| Title: | Inuit oral traditions about Tunit in Greenland / Inge Kleivan. |
| Author(s): | Kleivan, Inge. |
| Date: | 1996. |
| Publisher: | Copenhagen: Danish Polar Center |
| In: | Paleo-Eskimo Cultures of Greenland - new perspectives in Greenlandic archaeology. (1996.), Vol. 17 |
| Abstract: | Inuit oral traditions in eastern Canada and Greenland about Tunit have been interpreted as reflecting actual encounters with strange people in past. Various theories have been propounded - Norsemen, Indians, Inuit? or Thule, or Dorset? Tunit were believed to be very strong and large. Possibly story tellers were inspired by visible remains of Palaeo-Eskimo cultures. Some stories and beliefs are related. |
| Notes: | In: The Paleo-Eskimo Cultures of Greenland - new perspectives in Greenlandic archaeology. Vol. 17 / Bjarne Grønnow, John Pind. |
| Keywords: | 39 -- Ethnography: Eskimo. 398.22 -- Sagas and historic legends. 903 -- Archaeology. U -- Archaeology. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*38) -- Greenland. |
| SPRI record no.: | 140875 |
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