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Eskimo Folk-Tales

Note 1 — The Man Who Became a Star

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

But all at once he became bright, and rose up to heaven as a great star. We can see it now, in the west, when the lights begin to return after the great darkness. But it is low down, and never climbs high in the sky. And we call it Nâlaussartoq: he who stands and listens.1

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