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Tupilaq

Også kaldet: tupilak, ᑐᐱᓚᒃ, tupilait
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The tupilaq is a constructed monster of Greenlandic tradition, stitched together from animal remains and human child corpses and animated to carry out a murder. It has no purpose but its maker's revenge and it will destroy him if it fails. Although it is assembled rather than raised whole, it belongs with the sorcerer-controlled dead of other cultures. Its nearest literary cousin is Frankenstein's creature.1

Kæmp mod den
Oprindelse
Greenlandic Inuit
Grønland, Canada
Hvad der forårsager det
Trolddom
A practitioner of sorcery assembles it from dead matter and sings it to life.
Hvordan man bliver en
Built in secret, at night, from animal bone, skin, hair and sinew, and sometimes parts of children's corpses.
Hvordan den bevæger sig
Varierer
Released into the sea, it travels to find and kill the person it was made for.
Intelligens
Sindssløs
Svage punkter
  • a victim with stronger magic can turn it back on its maker
  • the maker can save himself by public confession
feltnoter

Hvad kilderne siger

1

The maker wore his parka back to front with the hood over his face1

2

The ritual involved sexual contact with the bones and chanting that could last for days1

3

None survive, since they were made of perishable materials1

4

Among other Inuit groups the word could mean an invisible ghost or a chimera only shamans could see1

5

The carved tupilak figures sold today began as models made to show curious Europeans what one looked like1

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Fartklasse ud fra, hvordan kilderne beskriver den (varierer), ikke en måling.

Dig, gående cirka 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Dig, joggende cirka 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Tupilaq cirka 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
En veltrænet voksen i fuld sprint cirka 24 km/h (15 mph)
En hurtig cyklist cirka 37 km/h (23 mph)

Kilder

  1. Tupilaq - Wikipedia

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