Âlut Kangermio, 1822-1869
Subtitle: K'avdlunâtsianik = Aron fra Kangek' : nordboer og skrælinger = Aron of Kangek' : the Norsemen and the Skraelings
By: Eigil Knuth
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Godthåb :Kalâtdlit-nunãne Nak'iterisitsissarfik
Language: ypk; dan; eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Eskimo art; Eskimos; Legends; Northmen
Other titles: Aron fra Kangek'.; Aron of Kangek'.; K'avdlunâtsianik.; Aron fra Kangek'; Aron of Kangek'; K'avdlunâtsianik; Nordboer og skrælinger; Norsemen and the Skraelings; Aron fra Kangek' (1822-1869) :; Aron of Kangek' (1822-1869) :
Description: "Around the year 1858 a skil[l]ful hunter, Aron, at the settlement of KangeK outside the mouth of Godthaabsfjord became so ill of tuberculosis that he was no longer able to go out in a kayak.  As a means of passing the time he then devoted himself to perpetuating on paper the old oral traditions in texts, drawings, woodcuts and small watercolours ... The first thing he turned out was the work 'about the Norsemen': K'avdlunâtsianik ... One hundred years after Aron's death, the material which occupied his mind has once more been assembled as a whole in these pages.  Greenland publishes her counterpart to the sagas of Iceland concerning events during the Norse era - a living proof that the Skraellings - with the help of a doomed sealer, but a great artist - remain the final victors in the struggle with the Norsemen"--Preface [English translation] (unnumbered page 4).
Notes: In Danish, English, and Eskimo.

Bibliography: p. 108-109.

Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (January 23, 2021) http://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx
Table of contents: title: Contains text of 3 Norsemen legends by Samek, Abraham, and Aron (English translation):; title: Samek's legend: The tale about Ũngortok as recounted from olden times by the Greenlanders in the Julianehaab area  -- [Samek]; title: Abrahams legend: The end of the ancient Norsemen  -- written by Abraham of Kangek; title: Arons legend: About the Greenlanders' first meeting with the ancient Norsemen -- Aron.