- The
Inuit angakkuq (plural:
angakkuit,
Inuktitut syllabics ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ or ᐊᖓᒃᑯᖅ; Inuvialuktun: angatkuq; Greenlandic: angakkoq, pl. angakkut; Iñupiaq: aŋatkuq)...
-
Among Canadian Inuit, a
spiritual healer is
known as an
angakkuq (plural:
angakkuit,
Inuktitut syllabics ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ or ᐊᖓᒃᑯᖅ) in
Inuktitut or
angatkuq in Inuvialuktun...
- In
Inuit religion,
Kigatilik is a
fanged demon that
kills angakkuit (shamans). The game
Champions Online has a Cosmic-level boss
called Kigatilik, who...
- lives.
Their role was to see,
interpret and
exhort the
subtle and unseen.
Angakkuit were not trained; they were held to be born with the
ability and recognized...
- broken,
unintentionally or intentionally, the
effect could lose its power.
Angakkuit in some
groups resolved the
consequence of
taboo breach by
achieving public...
-
experiences the
monopoly of
angakkuit (reverie, daydreaming, even
trance were not
unknown by non-
angakkuit), and
laypeople (non-
angakkuit)
experiencing them were...
-
fingers of a hand. He is
considered to be
invisible to
everyone but the
angakkuit (the
medicine men or
shaman among Inuit peoples).
These conflicting descriptions...
- the
souls of the
newly deceased and
preparing them for reincarnation.
Angakkuit (shamans)
might see or
communicate with
Pinga or
sometimes she'd send...
- of the
tupilaq is
similar to the
Christian concept of the devil. The
angakkuit (shamans)
could be male or female. They
warded off evil spirits, functioned...
-
angakkuq (healer)
acting as a
mediator with the
supernatural forces.
Angakkuit use
trance states to
communicate with
spirits and
carry out
faith healing...
