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Tupilaq

E boetse e bitswa: tupilak, ᑐᐱᓚᒃ, tupilait
Ditshomo le dinonwaneTse dingE a fapanaBoloi

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

Di lwantshe
Tshimoloho
Greenlandic Inuit
Greenland, Canada
Se e bakang
Boloi
A practitioner of sorcery assembles it from dead matter and sings it to life.
Kamoo o fetohang e nngwe ya tsona kateng
Built in secret, at night, from animal bone, skin, hair and sinew, and sometimes parts of children's corpses.
Kamoo e tsamayang kateng
E a fapana
Released into the sea, it travels to find and kill the person it was made for.
Bohlale
Ha e na kelello
Dintlha tse fokolang
  • a victim with stronger magic can turn it back on its maker
  • the maker can save himself by public confession
dinoutu tsa patlisiso

Seo mehlodi e se buang

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

Na o ka e phonyoha ka ho matha?

Sehlopha sa lebelo ho ya ka kamoo mehlodi e e hlalosang kateng (e a fapana), eseng tekanyo.

Wena, o tsamaya hoo e ka bang 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Wena, o matha butle hoo e ka bang 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Tupilaq hoo e ka bang 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Motho e moholo ya matla a mathang ka lebelo le leholo hoo e ka bang 24 km/h (15 mph)
Mopalami wa baesekele ya lebelo hoo e ka bang 37 km/h (23 mph)

Mehlodi

  1. Tupilaq - Wikipedia

Ntlha e nngwe le e nngwe leqepheng lena e tswa mehloding ena, e ngotswe ka mantswe a rona. O bone phoso? Re bolelle ho [email protected].

Fepa letshwele. Ha ho dipapatso, ha ho disebedisi tsa ho latela, e lefellwa ke motho a le mong. Tjhelete ya teboho e e boloka inthaneteng.Fana ka tjhelete ya teboho

Ditshomo tsa dinaha tseo

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

Tse ding tse kang ena

GhoulArabicPocongJavanese / Indonesian and MalayRo-langsTibetanToyolMalay and IndonesianXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)CondenadoAndean (Peru and Bolivia)
Fepa letshweleFana ka tjhelete ya teboho