Introduction-E

tamarma mamaqugalunga una nirigguk!”
Since you think all of me is so tasty, eat this!”
nirijumanngimmat iviangirmi iglua nakakkillugu qullirmit
Because he wouldn’t eat it, she cut off her other breast and placed
ikumajumit iviangiingni ipaqqiq&ugik aningani silammut
a wick in both of them. Then she followed her brother outside.
maliksaqpaa. Taanna qaggivviujuq kaiva&&unijjuk ullaliq&utik
They started running around and around the qaggiq.
Taqqiup tigumiaqtaa palirami aumautuinnaliq&uni.
The breast which Taqqiq was holding ran dry and became only an ember.
maliqattautillutik qangangattaq&utik.
Still following each other, they went up into the sky.
taimanngalli tavva aningagiik maliqattautivuuk.
Ever since that time, the brother and sister have followed each other.
qaumannginniqsaulluni Taqqiullu qaumanga
nunamiisungaq&utik tigumiaqtaa najangangata iviangia
Taqqiq’s light is less bright because while they were still on earth, his sister’s breast that
he was holding,
paliq&uni aumautuinnalilauqsimangmat.
dried out and became only an ember.
siqinirli aningaminik malingaaraluamut ukiukkut
And since Siqiniq still follows her brother, when in the winter,
taliumassuujalauq&uni saqqikkannilitainnaraangami
after being hidden for so long, she comes out again
180 Introduction to the Oral Traditions