The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son

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The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son

1990

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The Inuit folktale of an old woman and the orphaned polar bear cub she took in as her own child.

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4 members

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Heather Esdon

The Old Woman

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Christian Tessier

Tuk

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John Koensgen

Komak

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John Tarzwell

The Storyteller

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