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Illustration of Tupilaq
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Fayiro Nnamba 440 ku 446

Tupilaq

Era ayitibwa: tupilak, ᑐᐱᓚᒃ, tupilait
Enfumo n'emboozi ez'eddaEbiralaKyawukanaObulogo

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

Lwanyisa
Gy'ava
Greenlandic Inuit
Gurenelandi, Kanada
Ekikireeta
Obulogo
A practitioner of sorcery assembles it from dead matter and sings it to life.
Engeri omuntu gy'afuukamu omu ku bo
Built in secret, at night, from animal bone, skin, hair and sinew, and sometimes parts of children's corpses.
Engeri gy'atambulamu
Kyawukana
Released into the sea, it travels to find and kill the person it was made for.
Amagezi
Talina magezi
Ebifo ebinafu
  • a victim with stronger magic can turn it back on its maker
  • the maker can save himself by public confession
ebiwandiiko by'omu nnimiro

Ensibuko bye zigamba

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

Wandisobodde okumudduka?

Omutendera gw'embiro okusinziira ku ngeri ensibuko gye zimunnyonnyolamu (kyawukana), si kipimo.

Ggwe, ng'otambula nga 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Ggwe, ng'odduka mpola nga 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Tupilaq nga 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Omuntu omukulu omugumu ng'adduka nnyo nga 24 km/h (15 mph)
Omuvuzi wa ggaali ow'embiro nga 37 km/h (23 mph)

Ensibuko

  1. Tupilaq - Wikipedia

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Enfumo okuva mu nsi ze zimu

Hooh-Strah-DoohWyandot (Huron)SkadegamutcWabanaki (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki)

Ebifaanana bino

GhoulArabicPocongJavanese / Indonesian and MalayRo-langsTibetanToyolMalay and IndonesianXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)CondenadoAndean (Peru and Bolivia)
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