proverb · Legacy record
May you have kindness in your heart, a plump woman in your furs, and seal meat in you larder.
May you have kindness in your heart, a plump woman in your furs, and seal meat in you larder.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Kindness, intimate companionship and stored food form a wish for a comfortable life. The blessing combines feeling, relationship and provision.
What the words are saying
The woman-in-furs image assumes a particular perspective and body description. A critical explanation does not present a woman as a possession, rank bodies or presume one household arrangement suits everyone. The source’s larder irregularity is retained; no food practice or community custom is independently verified.
Everyday example
A reader recognises the wish for warmth and provision while questioning the possessive framing of companionship.
When to use it
Use it to explain the blessing with dignity, consent and differing lives respected.
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What it does not mean
No ownership of another person, ideal body or universal cultural custom is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 25; PDF page 11; collection label: Eskimo
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Eskimo