Angakkuq
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The Angakkuq[1] (Inuktitut) (Inuktitut syllabics ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ[2]), Angatkuq[3] (Inuvialuktun), Angakok[4] or Ilisitsok[5] (Kalaallisut) is the intellectual and spiritual figure among the Inuit and corresponds to a shaman. Not only the Inuit, but also other Eskimo cultures know similar mediator persons. Shamanism among Eskimo peoples has many forms and variants, like Eskimo cultures themselves.
Amongst the Inuit, there are notions comparable to laws:
- tirigusuusiit, things to avoid
- maligait, things to follow
- piqujait, things to do
If these three are not obeyed, then the Angakkuq may need to intervene with the offending party in order to avoid harmful consequence to the person or group.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ angakkuq. Asuilaak Living Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-04-24.
- ^ ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ. Asuilaak Living Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
- ^ angatkuq. Asuilaak Living Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-04-24.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ Chapter 12 Religious Ideas Ilisitsoks (Wizards and Witches) and Tupileks or Gand (Messengers) from Fridtjof Nansen's Eskimo Life
- ^ Tirigusuusiit and Maligait. tradition-orale.ca. Retrieved on 2007-10-17.
[edit] External links
- Dreams and Angakkunngurniq: Becoming an Angakkuq- Listening to our past, Canadian Heritage
- Qaujimajatuqangit and social problems in modern Inuit society. An elders workshop on angakkuuniq- by Jarich Oosten and Frédéric Laugrand, 2002
- Shamanism - the powers of the angakkuq- SILA, 2005
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