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Overview

Atdlarneq, a remarkably successful seal hunter, travels south along the coast and discovers a small house. Three women with yellow hair-bands and yellow seams in their clothes welcome him with food. Their repeated trips outside announce that they expect their master. Atdlarneq hides behind the skin hangings, but the arriving man detects him by smell. The master’s cheeks are made of copper.

The host threatens to strike his guest unless he finishes all the food presented. A sack of fish, large pieces of blubber, a half seal and finally a whole seal follow, along with repeated buckets of water. Atdlarneq survives the ordeal and feels unexpectedly well; the story credits a small stalk of grass swallowed beforehand. He sleeps and returns home next morning, never again making that southern journey. The edition’s explanatory note adds a child-warning bogey who strikes sideways with copper cheeks. That broader note is distinct from the actual encounter, in which the threatened blow is never delivered.

Copper cheeksDetects the visitor by smellCompulsory enormous mealThreatened sideways blow
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Origins & earliest records

The volume’s final source list assigns this narrative to West Greenland Inuit. Knud Rasmussen collected the material; W. Worster edited and translated the 1921 English selection. No individual storyteller is named here. Worster states that he selected and edited versions, including omissions; this is not an unabridged performance transcript.

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Records & interpretation

The complete Atdlarneq, the Great Glutton narrative and final regional source list were inspected. The story begins on printed p. 136.

Selected bibliography

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    Eskimo Folk-Tales

    Knud Rasmussen, collector; W. Worster, editor and English translator · 1921

    Atdlarneq, the Great Glutton, begins printed p. 136.

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  1. Primary textRasmussen/Worster 1921: Atdlarneq, the Great GluttonResearch access: 2026-10-05

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