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Tupilaq

Også kalt: 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

Kjemp mot den
Opprinnelse
Greenlandic Inuit
Grønland, Canada
Hva som forårsaker det
Trolldom
A practitioner of sorcery assembles it from dead matter and sings it to life.
Hvordan man blir en
Built in secret, at night, from animal bone, skin, hair and sinew, and sometimes parts of children's corpses.
Hvordan den beveger seg
Varierer
Released into the sea, it travels to find and kill the person it was made for.
Intelligens
Tankeløs
Svake punkter
  • a victim with stronger magic can turn it back on its maker
  • the maker can save himself by public confession
feltnotater

Hva kildene sier

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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Du, gående omtrent 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Du, joggende omtrent 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Tupilaq omtrent 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
En spreke voksen i full sprint omtrent 24 km/h (15 mph)
En rask syklist omtrent 37 km/h (23 mph)

Kilder

  1. Tupilaq - Wikipedia

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