Reading Notes: Eskimo Folk-Tales, Part B

Papik, Who Killed His Wife's Brother

• Could rewrite the story from the monster's point of view as he is chasing the villagers
• Papik could befriend the monster instead of being killed by it

The Wife Who Lied

• The wife was shocked to go to a culture where they did not eat humans so it would be interesting to expand on that and write about her first experience transitioning to that
• Could change the war to a modern day setting and make the fighting pettier

The Eagle and the Whale

• Could write about an ordinary day in the life of the woman and the whale and how he kept her captive yet adored her. Perhaps she adored him back and didn't want to leave?

Atdlarneq, The Great Glutton

• It would be fun to add to the number of foods that Atdlarneq was forced to eat, making it extremely ridiculous, and he is unable to eat the last food because he is too full
• The master could take him captive because he did not fulfill the demands

Átârssuaq

• Could rewrite the story so that Átârssuaq gains superhuman powers after his father forces him to swim underwater at an early age
• Would tell the story from the perspective of the citizens watching him defend their village

Tungujuluk and Saunikoq

• The two shapeshifters, into a bear and walrus, could be very good friends and could play pranks on each other by morphing and hiding out to scare the other
• One could take a joke too far and make the other truly angry

(Walrus Shapeshifter) 

Bibliography:
The Eskimo Folk Tales are Canadian Inuit stories recorded by the explorer Knud Radmussen in the 20th century.