Inuit Gods
Agloolik
Good spirit that lived under the ice and helped with hunting and
fishing.
Aipalovik
Evil god of the sea that ould hurt boating by biting them.
Akna
Mother goddess of childbirth.
Anguta
Gatherer of the dead. Anguta carries the dead down to the underworld,
where they must sleep with him for a year.
Aningan
The moon, brother to the sun whom Moon chases across the sky. Aningan
has a great igloo in the sky where he rests. Irdlirvirissong, his
demon cousin, lives there as well. The moon is a great hunter, and
his sledge is always piled high with seal skins and meat.
Aukaneck
God that lived in the sea, whose movements created the waves.
Aumanil
God that lived on land and controlled the movements of the whales.
Ek Chua
God of merchants and cacao growers. Black faced with a huge nose.
Irdlirvirisissong
The demon cousin of the moon. Sometimes Irdlirvirissong comes out
into the sky to dance and clown and make the people laugh. But if
anyone is nearby, the people must restrain themselves or the demon
clown will dry them up and eat their intestines.
Keelut
Evil Earth spirit with the appearance of a dog.
Sedna
Goddess of the sea and the creatures of the sea. A one-eyed giant.
A frightfull old hag, but she was young and beautiful when her father
threw her in the sea as a sacrifice. A sorcerer wishing to visit
Sedna must pass through the realms of death and then cross an abyss
where a wheel of ice spins eternally and a cauldron of seal meat
stews endlessly. To return he must cross another abyss on a bridge
as narrow as a knife edge.
Sun
A beautiful young maiden carrying a torch who is chased through
the sky by her brother Aningan, the moon. The planet Jupiter is
the mother of the sun and very dangerous to magicians. If they are
careless, she will devour their livers.
TEKKEITSERTOK**
God of the Earth that was the most powerful and owned all of the
deer.
TEKKEITSERKTOCK**
The earth god, master of hunting to whom all deer belong.
Tootega
Old woman deity that was able to walk on water.
Torngasak
The good spirit, representing everything in nature good and helpful to man.
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