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"The following are Irinaliutit, 'magic words' - a morning supplication,
makilirut, offered on rising, when the day dawns, by those who are going
hunting. Rasmussen [Knud Rasmussen, 1932] adds: 'Said by the man who is going sealing, and when saying it he must be the only one with his clothes on.' By which way, I wonder the mornings - / You dear morning, get up! / See I am up! / By which way, I wonder, / the constellation Aagjuuk rises up in the sky? / By this way - perhaps - by the morning / It rises up! Morning, you dear morning, get up! / See I am up! / By which way, I wonder, the constellation Sivulliit / has risen to the sky? / By this way - perhaps - by the morning. / It rises up! (Arctic Sky) |