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... ordinary speech . " ) , but the Eskimos could hardly have survived had they relied on their spells and not developed a hunting - technology ; nor would their songs have attained such sophistication had they depended on their spirits to ...
... ordinary speech . " ) , but the Eskimos could hardly have survived had they relied on their spells and not developed a hunting - technology ; nor would their songs have attained such sophistication had they depended on their spirits to ...
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... ordinary requirements , though it was not easy to equal the natural primitive temperament in its power of finding simple and yet poetic forms of expression ; but as soon as I tried to accompany myself on the drum , with the very precise ...
... ordinary requirements , though it was not easy to equal the natural primitive temperament in its power of finding simple and yet poetic forms of expression ; but as soon as I tried to accompany myself on the drum , with the very precise ...
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... ordinary everyday language . Then there are songs merely intended to give the joy of life , of hunting , rejoicing in the beasts of the chase , and all the good and ill that man can ex- perience when among his fellow men . Then again ...
... ordinary everyday language . Then there are songs merely intended to give the joy of life , of hunting , rejoicing in the beasts of the chase , and all the good and ill that man can ex- perience when among his fellow men . Then again ...
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Abba Kovner Aj-ja-japapé aja aja¹ja ajaja¹ja Aja-hai-ja aja¹ja ajaja¹ja aja Ajai-jija ajaja¹ja aja aja¹ja Angmagssalik bench blows past blubber breath Caribou Eskimo chorus Copper Eskimo dance dark season Delight Dennis Scott dogs drum East Greenland Eskimo song Eskimo woman eyes fear feasting-house feel Fifth Thule Expedition harpoon helping spirits hunter Iglulik Eskimo Igpakuhak Ija-ija ijâja-â-ijajâ-ajê inland International Poetry Forum Ivaluardjuk Jon Anderson kayak Kibkarjuk killed Let me fetch little song live look magic songs magic words Man's Song meat melody mind Musk Ox Musk Oxen NAKASUK narwhales Netsilik Eskimo Netsit never once Orpingalik Padloq Piuvkaq poet qag'e Rasmussen reindeer Samuel Hazo seal shaman shout sing singer skin Snehyttens Sange snow hut song contest song festival SONGS OF DERISION souls sung taboo Tatilgak Tomas Tranströmer translation Unaija-unaija Uvavnuk village voice walrus wife wind winter women wonderful