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Record #146326:

The Arctic sky: Inuit star lore, legend, and astronomy / John MacDonald.

Title: The Arctic sky: Inuit star lore, legend, and astronomy / John MacDonald.
Author(s): MacDonald, John.
Date: 1998.
Publisher: Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum ;
Abstract: Informative guide to Inuit stories and beliefs concerning Sun, Moon, stars, planets, aurora and related atmospheric phenomena. Based on interviews and evidence preserved by Arctic ethnographers and explorers. The first comprehensive survey of this subject.
Keywords: 39 -- Ethnography: Eskimo.
398 -- Native peoples, folk beliefs and tales.
299 -- Religions, indigenous.
291.13 -- Myths and mythology.
113/119 -- Attitudes to nature.
52 -- Astronomy.
T -- Social anthropology and ethnography.
(*41) -- Canada.
Location(s): SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*3) : 113/119
ISBN: 0888544278
SPRI record no.: 146326

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