MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF
THUNDER, LIGHTNING, AND RAIN
Central Eskimo
THREE sisters make the light, thunder, and rain. They live in a large house, the walls of which are supported by whale ribs. It stands in the far west, at a great distance from the sea.
Ingnirtung strikes the fire. She strikes two red flint stones together. Kadla makes thunder by rubbing seal-skins together and singing. The third sister makes the rain. They procure food by striking the reindeer. This roasts the flesh.
If an Eskimo should happen to enter their house, he must run away immediately, or Ingnirtung will strike him. Even the stones are so afraid of her that they jump down the hills whenever they see lightning or hear thunder.
The faces of the three sisters are black.
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