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Tupilaq

Aussi appelé: tupilak, ᑐᐱᓚᒃ, tupilait
Folklore et mythesAutreVariableSorcellerie

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

L'affronter
Origine
Greenlandic Inuit
Groenland, Canada
Ce qui le provoque
Sorcellerie
A practitioner of sorcery assembles it from dead matter and sings it to life.
Comment on en devient un
Built in secret, at night, from animal bone, skin, hair and sinew, and sometimes parts of children's corpses.
Comment il se déplace
Variable
Released into the sea, it travels to find and kill the person it was made for.
Intelligence
Sans cervelle
Points faibles
  • a victim with stronger magic can turn it back on its maker
  • the maker can save himself by public confession
notes de terrain

Ce que disent les sources

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

Pourriez-vous le distancer ?

Classe de vitesse d'après la description des sources (variable), pas une mesure.

Vous, en marchant environ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Vous, en jogging environ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Tupilaq environ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Un adulte en forme qui sprinte environ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Un cycliste rapide environ 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Tupilaq - Wikipedia

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