Torngarsuk
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Torngarsuk is a demon or spirit in the Dictionnaire Infernal - aka. Tornatik, Torngarsoak, Torngasoak, Tungrangayak ect. is a mischievious demon/spirit worshiped by offering in Greenland and the northeastern regions of Canada.
Torngarsuk is the chief and most powerful supernatural being in Greenland. He appears in the form of a bear, or a one-armed man, Some descriptions describe him as invisible, that he has a body covered with eyes, or that he is a sea monster or as a grand human creature like one of the fingers of a hand.
These Conflicting descriptions leave us unsure asto his form, but as a grand spirit or demon Torngarsuk is invoked by fishermen and by the Anguekkoks (the medicine men or shamans) when one falls ill. There are other spirits invisible to everyone but the Anguekkok, who teach men how to be happy see Torngarsuk as their benifactor when the Anguekkok call upon them they ask that if he does not come that he leave them "in the land of plenty".
Each Anguekkok keeps a familiar spirit in a lether bottle which he evokes & consults like an oracle, this familiar spirit seeks Torngarsuk in a cave and brings good fortune as well as healing power.
Another account describes Tornarsuk as a white bear that resides in a cave near Ungava Bay in the Hudson Straight, where he is master of the whales and seals. It is unknown whether there is a connection between these spirits.
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Togans Spirit Guide
