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Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.
Galmee Lak. 440, 446 keessaa

Tupilaq

Maqaa biraa: tupilak, ᑐᐱᓚᒃ, tupilait
Seenaa aadaa fi afoolaKan birooGaragaraFalfala

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

Lolsiisi
Ka'umsa
Greenlandic Inuit
Giriinlaand, Kanaadaa
Maaltu isa fida
Falfala
A practitioner of sorcery assembles it from dead matter and sings it to life.
Akkamitti isa taata
Built in secret, at night, from animal bone, skin, hair and sinew, and sometimes parts of children's corpses.
Akkamitti sochoo'a
Garagara
Released into the sea, it travels to find and kill the person it was made for.
Beekumsa
Sammuu malee
Bakkeewwan laafoo
  • a victim with stronger magic can turn it back on its maker
  • the maker can save himself by public confession
yaadannoo dirree

Maddoonni maal jedhu

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

Fiigdee isa jalaa ba'uu dandeessaa?

Sadarkaa saffisaa akkaataa maddoonni itti ibsan irraa (garagara), safara miti.

Ati, deemaa gara 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Ati, suuta fiigaa gara 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Tupilaq gara 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Ga'eessa qaamaan jabaa kan ariitiin fiigu gara 24 km/h (15 mph)
Saayikilii oofaa ariifataa gara 37 km/h (23 mph)

Maddoota

  1. Tupilaq - Wikipedia

Dhugaan fuula kana irra jiru hundi maddoota kana irraa dhufe, jechoota keenyaan barreeffame. Dogoggora argitee? [email protected] irratti nutti himi.

Tuuta nyaachisi. Beeksisa hin jiru, hordoftuun hin jiru, nama tokkoon kaffalama. Gumaachi toora irra akka turu godha.Gumaacha kenni

Seenaa aadaa biyyoota wal fakkaatan irraa

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

Kan akkasii dabalataa

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