Kirjahaku

Based primarily on explorer and anthropologist Knud Rasmussen’s transcriptions of oral tales, the stories in this anthology of old Greenlandic myths and legends have been passed down through generations. This collection features stories about children and young people—stories that were told in the depths of winter, that the youngest listeners would one day tell to their own children. Talking animals, flying shamans, orphans so poor they have to walk barefoot through the snow, and men so strong they can carry a whale all on their own: you’ll meet all of them and more in this collection.

I de gamle grønlandske sagn og myter møder man dyr, der kan tale og tænke, og som nogle gange forklæder sig som mennesker, mænd, som sejler jorden rundt i kajak for at vende tilbage fra dødsriget, og kvinder så store som kæmper. Læs om Månemanden, om tvillingerne, der lærte at dykke og om kvinden, som giftede sig med en reje. Gunvor Bjerre, forfatter og mangeårig producer i DR’s Børne- og Ungdomsafdeling, har udvalgt og genfortalt 35 skøre, uhyggelige, sjove og lærerige grønlandske sagn i et moderne og mundret sprog. Til hyggelig højtlæsning – og selvlæsning. Den grønlandske kunstner Miki Jacobsens flotte akvareller er fulde af saft og kraft og lægger nye dimensioner til de gamle fortællinger.

Grønlandsk udgave af Månemanden og andre fortællinger fra Grønland. Uumasut oqalussinnaasut, angakkut timmisinnaasut, iliarsuit piitsuungaaramik kamillaangallutik apummi maagaliortut, angutillu nukittungaaramik ikiorteqaratik arfermik uniarsinnaasut. Tamakkorpassuit allallu oqaluttuani oqaluppalaanilu makkunani, pingaartumik meeqqanut, oqaluttuareqqinneqartut atuarneqarsinnaapput.

Based on explorer and anthropologist Knud Rasmussen’s transcriptions of oral tales, this collection features stories about children and young people – stories that have been passed on through generations. Talking animals, flying shamans, orphans so poor they have to walk barefoot through the snow and men so strong they can carry a whale all on their own. You’ll meet all of them and much more in these old Greenlandic myths and legends which have been retold and illustrated … especially for children.