Reading Notes: Tungujuluk and Saunikoq

-T and S were both wizards
-T could turn into a walrus and S could turn into a bear
-T had a son but S did not
-T taught his son how to kayak which made S jealous
-S went hunting seal as usual but when he came to T's house he turned into a bear and scared T's son
-T went to stab the bear but then it laughed and he realized is was S
-T waited a long time to get S back
-When S went hunting for seals, T turned into a walrus
-he let S think he had him but then took all his line and his air bladder
-later that night when the hunters were all eating at T's house, they told each other about their days
-when S said he had his line and bladder taken by a walrus, T brought them out and said this line and bladder
-S was so embarrassed he went away and was never seen again

A Walrus. Source: Wikimedia Commons

"Tunguujuluk and Saunikoq" from  Eskimo Folk-Tales by Knud Rasmussen with illustrations by native Eskimo artists (1921).