About the author

Mâliâraq Vebæk (20 April 1917 – 25 February 2012) was a Greenlandic teacher and writer. She is known as the first woman of Greenland to publish a novel. One of the first women to obtain a higher education in Greenland, she began her career as a teacher. After six years, she relocated to Denmark and worked on archaeological excavations and ethnographic surveys with her husband from 1946 to 1962. She began publishing stories, legends and folktales in the 1950s, both through print media and on radio. In 1981, after having participated in a survey on the intercultural issues for Greenlanders and Danes, published a novel inspired by the research. It won the Greenlandic Authors Association Award for 1982.

Download pdf
Download sample

A Journey to the Mother of the Sea

The sea animals have disappeared, and people are starving. An old married couple, once great shamans, are asked to journey to the Mother of the Sea to find out what happened to the animals. But the journey is dangerous ...
A Journey to the Mother of the Sea is part of a series of illustrated Greenlandic legends adapted for children. Other books in the series include: The Whale, the Eagle, and the Two Little Girls; Kaassassuk; and Anngannguujuk – The Boy who was Kidnapped.
15,26  EUR
Buy printed book
 
Edition1
Printed pages36
Publish date30 Jun 2019
Published bymilik publishing
Languageeng
ISBN print9788793405721
ISBN pdf9788793941038