The unikkaaqtuat are beneficial to children. At one time these stories were true, but because they are so old they just became stories. They are very useful for children. There are all sorts of stories that can be told to children. Most times, children start settling down when you tell a story. Most of the stories that we heard were true and they have a definite benefit for children.

At last I was able to get a man called Apagkaq to tell me stories. This was at Liverpool Bay. I agreed to pay him $50 to tell me stories for five days. He thought I was crazy to be doing this work (collecting stories) but he proved to be very good at it and we became good friends.

Knud Rasmussen from Fifth Thule Expedition

From Fifth Thule Expedition Volume Three, published by the Department of Education, GNWT, 1976

1. From Child rearing Practices from the Interviewing Inuit Elders series, with Naqi Ekho and Uqsuralik Ottokie, published by Nunavut Arctic College, Iqaluit, 2000