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Tupilaq

Ñu ngi koy wooye itam: tupilak, ᑐᐱᓚᒃ, tupilait
Léeb ak cosaanYeneenDafay soppikuLiggéeyu dëmm

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

Xeexal ko
Cosaan
Greenlandic Inuit
Groenlaand, Kanadaa
Lan moo ko waral
Liggéeyu dëmm
A practitioner of sorcery assembles it from dead matter and sings it to life.
Naka ngay doone benn
Built in secret, at night, from animal bone, skin, hair and sinew, and sometimes parts of children's corpses.
Naka lay yëngoo
Dafay soppiku
Released into the sea, it travels to find and kill the person it was made for.
Xel
Amul xel
Fi mu néewe doole
  • a victim with stronger magic can turn it back on its maker
  • the maker can save himself by public confession
notu gëstu

Li sours yi wax

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

Ndax mën nga ko raw ci daw?

Gaawaay bi jóge ci ni sours yi ko melale (dafay soppiku), du natt.

Yow, ci dox lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Yow, ci daw ndànk lu tollu ci 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Tupilaq lu tollu ci 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Mag bu am doole buy daw lu gaaw lool lu tollu ci 24 km/h (15 mph)
Ku gaaw ci welo lu tollu ci 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sours yi

  1. Tupilaq - Wikipedia

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