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Tupilaq

Auch bekannt als: tupilak, ᑐᐱᓚᒃ, tupilait
Folklore und MythenSonstigeVariiertZauberei

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

Gegen ihn kämpfen
Herkunft
Greenlandic Inuit
Grönland, Kanada
Was es auslöst
Zauberei
A practitioner of sorcery assembles it from dead matter and sings it to life.
Wie man einer wird
Built in secret, at night, from animal bone, skin, hair and sinew, and sometimes parts of children's corpses.
Wie er sich bewegt
Variiert
Released into the sea, it travels to find and kill the person it was made for.
Intelligenz
Hirnlos
Schwachstellen
  • a victim with stronger magic can turn it back on its maker
  • the maker can save himself by public confession
Feldnotizen

Was die Quellen sagen

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

Könntest du ihm davonlaufen?

Tempoklasse nach der Beschreibung der Quellen (variiert), keine Messung.

Du, gehend etwa 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Du, joggend etwa 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Tupilaq etwa 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Ein fitter Erwachsener im Sprint etwa 24 km/h (15 mph)
Ein schneller Radfahrer etwa 37 km/h (23 mph)

Quellen

  1. Tupilaq - Wikipedia

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