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Eskimo Folk-Tales

Note 1 — Atdlarneq, The Great Glutton

W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander) Worster translation

There is a fabulous being in Eskimo folklore supposed to have cheeks of copper, with which he can deliver terrible blows by a side movement of the head. Naughty children are frequently threatened with “Copper-cheeks” as a kind of bogey.

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