- The
Inuit angakkuq (plural: angakkuit,
Inuktitut syllabics ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ or ᐊᖓᒃᑯᖅ; Inuvialuktun: angatkuq; Greenlandic: angakkoq, pl. angakkut; Iñupiaq: aŋatkuq)...
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Arctic environment. Knud
Rasmussen asked his
guide and
friend Aua, an
angakkuq (spiritual healer),
about Inuit religious beliefs among the Iglulingmiut...
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transcribed Awa and Ava) (circa 1870,
Igloolik area -
after 1922) was an Inuk
angakkuq (medicine man)
known for his
anthropological input to
Greenland anthropologist...
- to
impress the audience. In some
cultures the
angakkuq was
pinioned before the séance, or the
angakkuq might hide
behind a curtain.
Holding the séance...
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especially in Greenland, a
tupilaq was an
avenging monster fabricated by an
angakkuq (a
practitioner of
witchcraft or shamanism) by
using various objects such...
- when one
falls ill.
There are
other spirits invisible to
everyone but the
angakkuq, who
teach men how to be happy. They see
Torngarsuk as
their benefactor;...
- a
guide to
hunting and as a
spirit for the
angakkuq to help with healing. They
relied upon the
angakkuq (shaman) for
spiritual interpretation. The nearest...
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sometimes fatal. However, it is
frightened of
humans and will run away if an
angakkuq sees it. A
similar term, also from
Inuit mythology, is keelut, a malevolent...
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people have
ecological concerns related to shamanism.
Among the
Inuit the
angakkuq (shamans)
fetch the
souls of game from
remote places, or soul
travel to...
- In some
Inuit groups,
individuals with
special capabilities,
known as
angakkuq, are said to be able to
travel to (mythological)
remote places, and report...
