Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

20 Seiten; mit 5 Illustr.; qu.-20,5 cm; geheftet.

Bemerkung:

Gutes Ex.; der farb. illustr. Einband berieben und stw. leicht angeschmutzt. - Englisch; französisch. - Mit Beilage in Deutsch, 8 S.; geheftet. - Die Illustrationen zeigen Jagdszenen der Eskimos. - Rasmussen once asked an Eskimo what he most desired of life. He answered: "I would like at all times to have the food I require, that is to say animals enough, and then the clothes that can shield me from wind and weather and cold. I would like to live without sadness, and without pain, I mean without suffering of any kind, without sickness. And as a man I wish to be close to all kinds of animals, so that in the hunt.... I can excell over my countrymen. All that I desire for myself, I desire also for those who through relationship, are near to me in life." Eskimos in the past conceived of all nature as a spiritual unit of which they were a part. Inanimate objects had their spirits, just as animals and men had their souls. Killed animals had to be treated with the greatest respect, and an Igloolik Eskimo has pointed out that, "Life's greatest danger lies in the fact that man's food consists entirely of souls." Still, the days of the self-reliant Eskimo hunter, living of the land, and living by animals for food, shelter and clothing are nearly over. Only in a few camps are old traditions and lore preserved; families still mould their lives to the ancient rhythm of the seasons; and at least part of the Eskimos' ancient culture, attuned to their harsh land persists. Theirs is a vanishing way of life. It was a hard life, but it posessed the harmony and balance that comes when men are free within themselves, secure within their society, and imbued with a feeling of kinship with all nature. ? (S. 3)