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Distributed for University of Alaska Press

Frédéric Laugrand and Jarich Oosten

The Sea Woman

Sedna in Inuit Shamanism and Art in the Eastern Arctic

160 pages, 200 color plates  8 x 10 

Cloth $49.95

ISBN: 9781602230262   Published January 2009

Paper $29.95

ISBN: 9781602230118   Pre-order now. Will publish February 2010

Preface and Acknowledgements

 

Introduction

 

Chapter 1: The Quest for the Sea Woman

 

Chapter 2: The Creation of Human Beings and Sea Mammals

 

Chapter 3: The Descent to the Sea Woman and Her House

 

Chapter 4: Life and Death

 

Chapter 5: The Sedna Feast, the Tivajuut, and the Ascent of the Sea Woman

 

Chapter 6: Transformations

 

Chapter 7: Conclusions

 

References


Index

Subjects



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