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While reading on the Dismeboweller, I came across an Inuit tale involving a gnome, or rather an atliarusek, who, according the Hinrich Rink, are “probably identical with the ingnersuaks, were a sort of elves or gnomes, supposed to have their abodes within rocks along the sea-shore.” Not much was to be found in regards to [...] In Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Vol XII, 1899, the following summary can be found of the various tales thus posted in regards to the Disemboweller: In Greenland she is called ‘Erdlaveersissok’ (’the entrail-seizer’). Residing on the way to the moon, she tempts people to laugh by her dancing and grimaces, and if [...] The below Inuit tale, recorded in 1884, is taken from The Central Eskimo by Frank Boas (via Michael Drake’s The Shamanic Drum). In this variation of the story, the Disemboweller (Ululiernang) is the Man in the Moon’s wife and rather than feeding on the entrails herself or feeding them to her dogs, she is said [...] The below tale is taken from The Eskimo of Baffin Land and Hudson Bay by Franz Boas, from the section ‘Tales From Cumberland Sound’. I’ve included the entire tale, which continues below the cut. In this variation, to ward off the Disemboweller (Ululiernang), the visitor in the tale is instructed to do what sounds like giving [...] While flipping through Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures (Katherine Briggs), I did a double take when I thought I saw an entry for ‘Dunny’. Being a fan of Kidrobot’s Dunny line of designer toys, I flipped back to the entry. ‘Dunnie’. Close, but not the supernatural vinyl toy I’d hoped for! [...] |
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