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Illustration of Tupilaq
Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.
Faylka No. 440 ee 446

Tupilaq

Sidoo kale loo yaqaan: tupilak, ᑐᐱᓚᒃ, tupilait
Khuraafaad iyo ugaarsiKaleWay kala duwan yihiinSixir

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

Dagaal geli
Asal
Greenlandic Inuit
Greenland, Kanada
Waxa sababa
Sixir
A practitioner of sorcery assembles it from dead matter and sings it to life.
Sida aad mid u noqotid
Built in secret, at night, from animal bone, skin, hair and sinew, and sometimes parts of children's corpses.
Sida uu u dhaqaaqo
Way kala duwan yihiin
Released into the sea, it travels to find and kill the person it was made for.
Caqli
Maskax la'
Meelaha daciifka ah
  • a victim with stronger magic can turn it back on its maker
  • the maker can save himself by public confession
qoraallada goobta

Waxa ilaha yidhaahdaan

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

Ma ka orodi lahayd?

Fasalka xawaaraha iyadoo laga eegayo sida ilaha u sifeeyaan (way kala duwan yihiin), ma aha cabbir.

Adiga, socod qiyaastii 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Adiga, orod fudud qiyaastii 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Tupilaq qiyaastii 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Qof weyn oo jir ahaan fiican oo orod ku jira qiyaastii 24 km/h (15 mph)
Baaskiil-raac degdeg ah qiyaastii 37 km/h (23 mph)

Ilaha

  1. Tupilaq - Wikipedia

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Khuraafaad ka yimid dhulalkaas

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

Wax la mid ah

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