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taakkua pingasut imaup iqqanganiittuinnauliq&utik<br />

These three are now on the sea floor,<br />

uinigumasuittuvinirlu ataatangalu qimmingalu<br />

the woman who was Uinigumasuittuq, her father and her dog.<br />

taimanngat ukpirniqtaalaunnginninginnit<br />

Since then, until they acquired Christianity,<br />

tuqujut inuttiavaunninngittaraangata takannaaluup ataataaluata<br />

whenever people who had not lived well died, they found themselves<br />

nanurautialuata iluanunii&&utik<br />

qinukkaqsimajaalugilauqtillunigit<br />

inside the horrible bearskin belonging to the nasty father of that ghastly person down<br />

there, where he made them go through agonies<br />

kisiani ullurmiunuarunnaqsitainnaqpaktuviniit<br />

until finally they were able to go to the land of the Ullurmiut, the people of the day.<br />

qanuiliurluqattarningit angijualuujaraangata<br />

akuniuniqsauvak&utik<br />

Whenever they had done many evil things, they stayed (there) longer.<br />

arnarli takannaaluulajauvaktuq aggaqannginirminut<br />

But because the woman whom they called Takannaaluk (the horrible one down there)<br />

had no fingers<br />

illairunnangimmat nujangit ilaqqajualuuliqpak&utik.<br />

she wasn’t able to (use a) comb, and so her hair became tangled.<br />

ilaqqalualiraangat imarmiuttat nujanginni nigaviqqaliqpak&utik.<br />

Whenever her hair got tangled, sea-mammals became entangled in it.<br />

nigaviqqajualuuliraangamik puijunnaillivak&utik<br />

puijunnaillijaraangata<br />

Whenever they became entangled, they could no longer surface, and whenever they<br />

could no longer surface<br />

160 <strong>Introduction</strong> to the Oral Traditions

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