Author: Lynge, Hans
Title: Inegpait: eller, Fornemme mennesker, som Melville bugtens eskimoer kalder sig selv. Upernavik norddistrikts ældre historie
Description: Kobenhavn, C.A. Reitzel, 1955. orig.wrappers. 28x18cm, 187 pp, Top edge of title-page trimmed. Series: Meddelelser om Grønland: Bd. 90, nr. 2.. Textual map.. Rubbed. Wrapper edges frayed. Cover soiled. Good. ¶ Oral literature (folklore /ethnohistory) of the Melville Bay [west greenland] eskimos: "Inegpai, or: Distinguished People, as Melville Bay's Eskimos Call Themselves. Upernarvik North District's Earliest History". Consists of a 23-page Danish introduction + 82pp of Greenlandic oral narrative transcription with Danish translation on facing pages; + remainder of text in Greenlandic with interlinear Danish translation & commentary. Contents: Gamle bopladser or deres hedenske befolkninger [Old Settlement Places & heir Heather Inhabitants]; Tre portrætter; Amuletter [ Amulets]; Amuletter og trolddom [Amulets & Sorcery]; Trylleformularer [ Magical Formulas]; Hjalpeånder [Helping Spirits]; Folkevandringen [ Migration]; Lege [Games]; Forskellige ejendommeligheder [Different Characteristics]; Grønlandske tekster [Grenlandic Texts].

Keywords: Polar Eskimo Ethnohistory, Melville Bay, West Greenland, Greenlandic, Language, Folklore Folk, Ethnography, Anthropology, History