Greenlandic Myths & Stories consists of approximately 2150 translated stories or summaries and an addition of roughly 130 myths & stories that have only been registered. The materials used in the database are from collections by eg. Heinrich Rink, Knud Rasmussen, Gustav Holm, William Thalbitzer, Erik Holtved, Paul-Émile Victor, Jens Rosing, Otto Sandgren, Hans Lynge, Mâliâraq Vebæk and Martêraq Nielsen. Sonne has composed a comprehensive introduction to the database, which you can find here:
A comprehensive document written by Birgitte Sonne (118 pages in Danish), explains how to use the database and how to interpret the stories. The document refers to these topics:
- Examples of using the database
- Translation of culture
- Changes of attitude
- European merchandises
- Demographics and mobility
- Traditional religion and Christianity
- Pooq, bag, mother - a metaphor for life
"Greenlandic Myths & Stories" is compiled by Birgitte Sonne, born. 4. Jan 1936, MA in sociology of religion, retired in 2006 from Eskimology and Arctic Studies, Dep. of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. She still carries out research.
Contact: [email protected].