But after saying that she did not move. She even forgot to breathe, for shame at having been discovered by the wifeless man, and so she died on the spot.
After that Ukaleq went home, and never went out hunting bears again.
[1] I.e. a creature fashioned by an enemy, after the same manner as a Tupilak.
Íkardlítuarssuk
Íkardlítuarssuk, men say, had a little brother; they lived at a place where there were many other houses. One autumn the sea was frozen right out from the coast, without a speck of open water for a long way out. After this, there was great dearth and famine; at last their fellow-villagers began to offer a new kayak paddle as a reward for the one who should magic it away, but there was no wizard among the people of that village.
Then it came about that Íkardlítuarssuk’s little brother began to speak to him thus:
“Íkardlítuarssuk, how very nice it would be to win that new paddle!”