# Ancient Land: Sacred Whale

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- Book: [Ancient Land: Sacred Whale](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-lowenstein/ancient-land-sacred-whale) ([Ancient Land: Sacred Whale.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-lowenstein/ancient-land-sacred-whale.md))
- Authors: [Tom Lowenstein](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-lowenstein)
- Publisher: Harvill Press
- ISBN: 978-18-4655-576-3
- Pages: 181
- Published: 2011-07-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

On a tiny peninsula, the Inuit of Tikigaq worshipped the whales they killed, evolving an elaborate system of myths and rituals to accompany the hunt. Lowenstein began to explore these in 1973 and recorded the complex tales of the elders, providing a classic text on the vanishing culture of the North Alaskan wilderness.