02072cam a2200349 4500 283112274 TxAuBib 20020514120000.0 020514s1987||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 87-081286 9780912006451 $15.00 0912006455 $15.00 TxAuBib Ticasuk. Tales of Ticasuk : Eskimo legends and stories / collected and written by Emily Ivanoff Brown "Ticasuk" ; illustrated by Eugene C. and Mary Lou Totten. Fairbanks, AK : University of Alaska Press, 1987. 134 p : ill. ; softcover ; 24 cm. Mythology of Ayaatayat -- Ogre baby, Makkatahlungiq -- Battle song of the giants -- Imitchaq's hero -- Creation of the first festival -- Mythical rolling fire -- Legend of the Aurora Borealis -- Wiilingiataq, a girl who refuses to marry -- Legend of Egg Island and Besboro Island -- Legend of tree moss -- How the orphan boy destroys and Eskimo village -- Ptarmigan legend -- Eskimo Shaman's flight to the moon -- Snow igloos and sod igloos, a modern tale -- Raven, a great hunter -- Ihlliagaq's big haul -- Yonge and the flounder -- Johnny Niuqsik, squirrel hunter -- Ugruk hunters -- Forgetful Eskimo boy -- Curious little mouse -- Miraculous little seal poke -- Legend: On how to exchange gifts --Legend of Kotzebue village. A collection of twenty-four Eskimo legends and stories, featuring talking animals, people who are clever and magical, and those who are evil and greedy. 20020514. Eskimos Alaska Folklore. Indians of North America Alaska Folklore. Folklore. Legends Alaska. Mythology. Alaska Native Stories. Folklore Alaska Native. Totten, Eugene C., Illustrator. Totten, Mary Lou, Illustrator. Brown, Emily Ivanoff, 1904- Ivanoff, Emily.