The Asturian wolf is a legend of the Inuit, Eskimos who live in northern Canada and Greenland. As we know, the Arctic region is an extremely difficult territory, who lives there must bravely face nature to survive, so this legend is a story about the balance that must exist between man and his environment to maintain life on the planet.
This story tells that Kaila was the god of heaven for the Inuit, no one had more power than him. The heavens dominate the waters, the fire and the earth, so Kaila was the true ruler. This god decided to create man and woman at the same time to populate the Earth, in principle both were completely alone, but they were also totally free.
- The man and woman saw that everything was uninhabited and they were perplexed.
- So Kaila entrusted the woman with the task of populating the Earth and being the guardian of life.
- Then told her that she should make a hole in the ice.
- When she did.
- All kinds of animals began to come out to accompany the human being.
- The last to leave was the moose or the caribou.
“Nature does nothing incomplete or nothing in vain. “Aristotle?
Legend has it that man and woman were very happy to see the new beings who would share the earth with them, so the god Kaila said something important to the woman, said that the moose or caribou, the last of the animals to leave, was an important gift from the gods. He added that the animal would feed them with their flesh and shelter with their skin. “He’s going to feed you and your family, ” he said.
Since then, elk have become the most valuable asset of the Inuit and their flesh fed them like no other. Their skin allowed them to make clothes and tents to protect themselves from the cold, in addition, there were many laces. Then, as soon as they learned to hunt them down, their lives became much more comfortable.
The moose was constantly multiplying, at the request of the woman. Kaila had given him this power in the first place. When man and woman had children taught them to hunt these animals, the boys have always wanted to be with the greatest and with the greatest, this would mean more food and shelter for all, so there was great harmony in the world.
According to this balance story, humans hunted so many large and strong lak that suddenly only the worst specimens survived, only the smallest and weakest survived the hunt, so men and women began to worry.
Therefore, they had no choice but to consume the flesh and skin of these lean specimens, however, the meat did not taste good and their skin barely reached for a garment.
That’s how a famine followed. None of the other animals could meet the needs of humans, their children began to lose weight, experiencing a previously unknown hunger.
The legend of the wolf Astur says that, in this situation, the woman had no choice but to look up at the sky and ask Kaila for help. The god was a little upset. ” I gave you the best presents,” he said. “But you’ve wasted them, ” he added. However, he promised to help him.
They say Kaila thought it best to talk to Amarok, owner and lord of the wolves, who in turn were wonderful beings, Kaila asked him to deliver a group of wolves to humans, until then these animals lived alone in the kingdom of the gods. Amarok understood the situation and presented humans with a herd of wolves.
The wolves reached the icy plains and sneaked into the lak grazing carelessly, however, when the wolves approached they noticed their presence, the lak decided to protect the weakest and the larger ones formed a circle around them to prevent the wolves from attacking. Them.
Despite this, the wolves attacked and broke the resistance, so only the best specimens remained alive, which had to reproduce to survive, since then, the wolf spirit has ruled the Great Northern Kingdom, and the smallest moose belongs to it. , when wolves go hunting, humans leave them alone. They know that everything has a balance and that wolves are their guardians.