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The Blind Man And The Loon
The Blind Man (or Boy) and the Loon, also commonly known as the Lumaaq Story (also spelled Lumiuk or Lumak), among other names, is a folktale told all over Greenland, Canada, and down into parts of the United States, though most heavily Inuit and Athabaskan. Story A blind boy lives with an abusive female guardian, either a mother, grandmother, or stepmother. He also has a sister. One day a polar bear arrives in their camp. Through the window of their house, the blind boy shoots the bear. His guardian lies, telling him he missed and then keeps the bear's meat for herself and the sister. The sister brings meat to the boy in secret. The boy goes to a lake, where he is brought underwater by a loon. The loon brings him underwater and surfaces several times. Each time they surface the boy can see a little more. By the end his sight is entirely restored. Now that he can see, the boy takes part in a beluga whale hunt at the beach. His guardian comes hunting too, serving as the anchor fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenland are full Danish nationality law, citizens of Denmark and European Union citizenship, of the European Union. Greenland is one of the Special territories of members of the European Economic Area#Overseas countries and territories, Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union and is part of the Council of Europe. It is the List of islands by area, world's largest island, and lies between the Arctic Ocean, Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Arctic Archipelago, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is the location of the northernmost point of land in the world; Kaffeklubben Island off the northern coast is the world's Northernmost point of land, northernmost undisputed point of land—Cape Morris Jesup on the mainland was thought to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |