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Overview

Two orphan boys whose catches are routinely taken by others discover a tiny house in a ravine. A lonely child plays at kayaking with a cutting-board and stick. They stay with him until his mother returns carrying a large load. She thanks them for relieving her worry, feeds them dried fox and reindeer meat with suet, and asks whether they will give her son a set of arrows. In return, she supplies as much meat as they can carry.

The woman warns them not to bring other arrow sellers. Back home, the good food and generous payment nevertheless provoke the villagers to make arrows and demand that the boys lead them to the place. On their return neither the house nor its sheds remains; even the stones have vanished. The boys describe the inhabitants as not ordinary human beings, but the story supplies no separate traditional species-name for them. The woman’s initial apparent size partly reflects her burden; no fixed giant anatomy is established. Her helpful response to companionship and disappearance before a trading crowd are the episode’s defining actions.

Secluded ravine householdRewards companionship and arrowsGood-tasting fox meatHouse disappears before later visitors
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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 The Two Little Outcasts narrative and final regional source list were inspected. The story begins on printed p. 133.

Selected bibliography

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    Eskimo Folk-Tales

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

    The Two Little Outcasts, begins printed p. 133.

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  1. Primary textRasmussen/Worster 1921: The Two Little OutcastsResearch access: 2026-10-05

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