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- Tupilaq abstract "In Greenlandic Inuit (Kalaallit) traditions, a tupilaq (tupilak, tupilait, or ᑐᐱᓚᒃ) was an avenging monster fabricated by a practitioner of witchcraft or shamanism by using various objects such as animal parts (bone, skin, hair, sinew, etc.) and even parts taken from the corpses of children. The creature was given life by ritualistic chants. It was then placed into the sea to seek and destroy a specific enemy. The use of a tupilaq was risky, however, because if it was sent to destroy someone who had greater magical powers than the one who had formed it, it could be sent back to kill its maker instead, although the maker of tupilaq could escape by public confession of her or his own deed.Because tupilaqs were made in secret, in isolated places and from perishable materials, none have been preserved. Early European visitors to Greenland, fascinated by the native legend, were eager to see what tupilaqs looked like so the Inuit began to carve representations of them out of sperm whale teeth.Today, tupilaqs of many different shapes and sizes are carved from various materials such as narwhal and walrus tusk, wood and caribou antler. They are an important part of Greenlandic Inuit art and are highly prized as collectibles.".
- Tupilaq thumbnail Tupilak_1.jpg?width=300.
- Tupilaq wikiPageExternalLink acrossarcticamer006641mbp.
- Tupilaq wikiPageExternalLink eskimofolktales00rasmrich.pdf.
- Tupilaq wikiPageID "11790167".
- Tupilaq wikiPageRevisionID "596984354".
- Tupilaq hasPhotoCollection Tupilaq.
- Tupilaq subject Category:Greenlandic_culture.
- Tupilaq subject Category:Inuit_art.
- Tupilaq subject Category:Inuit_mythology.
- Tupilaq subject Category:Legendary_creatures_of_the_indigenous_peoples_of_North_America.
- Tupilaq subject Category:Witchcraft.
- Tupilaq type Ability105616246.
- Tupilaq type Abstraction100002137.
- Tupilaq type Cognition100023271.
- Tupilaq type Creativity105624700.
- Tupilaq type ImaginaryBeing109483738.
- Tupilaq type Imagination105625465.
- Tupilaq type LegendaryCreature109487022.
- Tupilaq type LegendaryCreaturesOfTheIndigenousPeoplesOfNorthAmerica.
- Tupilaq type Monster109491966.
- Tupilaq type MythicalBeing109484664.
- Tupilaq type MythicalMonster109492123.
- Tupilaq type PsychologicalFeature100023100.
- Tupilaq comment "In Greenlandic Inuit (Kalaallit) traditions, a tupilaq (tupilak, tupilait, or ᑐᐱᓚᒃ) was an avenging monster fabricated by a practitioner of witchcraft or shamanism by using various objects such as animal parts (bone, skin, hair, sinew, etc.) and even parts taken from the corpses of children. The creature was given life by ritualistic chants. It was then placed into the sea to seek and destroy a specific enemy.".
- Tupilaq label "Tupilak".
- Tupilaq label "Tupilak".
- Tupilaq label "Tupilak".
- Tupilaq label "Tupilak".
- Tupilaq label "Tupilaq".
- Tupilaq label "Tupilaq".
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilak.
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilaq.
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilak.
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilak.
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilak.
- Tupilaq sameAs m.02rsg3w.
- Tupilaq sameAs Q656509.
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- Tupilaq wasDerivedFrom Tupilaq?oldid=596984354.
- Tupilaq depiction Tupilak_1.jpg.
- Tupilaq isPrimaryTopicOf Tupilaq.