"This exhaustive story collection makes the rich tradition of Inuit storytelling accessible to the rest of Canada for the first time. From creation myths to animal fables, Unikkaaqtuat gives non-Inuit readers a thorough introduction to the world of Inuit traditional stories. This definitive collection of legends and myths is thoughtfully introduced and carefully annotated to provide the historical and cultural context in which to understand this rich oral tradition."--pub. desc.

CHAPTER 1. How the world came to be and other creation stories: -- The struggle for day and night -- Origin of death -- How children were formerly obtained -- Thunder and Lightning -- The brother and sister who became Thunder and Lightning -- Origin of the Sun and the Moon -- The mother of the Sea mammals -- The orphan girl who became Mother of the Sea Mammals -- The woman who married the dog -- Origin of the Walrus and the Caribou -- Origin of the Caribou -- Origin of the Narwhal -- How the Narwhal came -- Origin of the Agdlaq -- The hunters that transformed into a Constellation -- The Akla that turned into Fog -- Origin of Fog -- Origin of the Red Phalarope and the Web-footed Loon -- The Ptarmigan -- The Ptarmigan and the Snow Bunting -- The Ptarmigan and the Small Bird -- The Wind -- The Loon and the Raven -- CHAPTER 2. Mistreatment and Consequence -- Quadjaqdjuq -- The Boy who harpooned a whale -- The artificial skull that frightened people to death -- Papik -- Pautusorssuaq, who murdered his uncle -- The Wife-changers -- The man who did not Observe Taboos -- The emigration to the land beyond the Sea -- Podluksak -- Murdering a Stranger -- Tale of an Agdlaq -- The emigration of Women -- The woman who escaped to the Moon -- Atanaarjuat -- Lice -- Storm caused by a Loon -- CHAPTER 3. Journeys and Adventures: -- Kiviuq -- Atungait -- The soul -- The soul that let itself be born again in all the Animals of the Earth -- CHAPTER 4. Hardships and Famine: -- Ijimagasukdjukdjuaq -- Igimagajug, the Cannibal -- Karnapik, the Cannibal -- Separated from Camp -- Kating saved his family in time of Famine -- Taboos and Starvation -- An unsuccessful whale hunt -- The old woman and her grandchild -- The woman who could not be satiated -- CHAPTER 5. Animals in Human Form: -- The woman who heard bears speak -- The man who took a wife from among the Wild Geese -- The man who took a fox for a wife -- Ititaujang -- Dialogue between Two Ravens -- The man who married a Fox -- The boy who lived on Ravens -- The Visitor -- The woman who transformed herself into a Bear -- The woman who became a bear and killed her Enemy -- The Fox -- The woman who became a Raven -- Story of Three Girls -- The Fox and the Wolf -- The Bear Country -- The Country of the Bears and Wolves -- The Muskox -- The Country of the Wolves -- How Inuit learned the proper taboos for when a Bear is Killed -- The Polar Bear and the Boy -- The woman and her Bear Cub -- CHAPTER 6. Animal Fables: -- The Owl and the Lemming -- The Bear and the Caribou -- The Owl and the Raven -- The Foxes -- The Fox and the Rabbit -- The Owl and the Two Rabbits -- The Owl that was Too Greedy -- The Owl and the Bear -- The Race of the Worm and the Louse -- The Raven that was anxious to be Married.