Angakkuq

Ikpukhuak and his angatkuq wife, Higalik (Ice House), between 1913 and 1916
The angakkuq Niaqunguaq, between 1921 and 1924
Angakkuq as depicted in the Dictionnaire Infernal, 1863 edition

The Inuit angakkuq (plural: angakkuit, Inuktitut syllabics ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ or ᐊᖓᒃᑯᖅ;[1][2][3] Inuvialuktun: angatkuq;[4] Greenlandic: angakkoq,[5] pl. angakkut;[6] Iñupiaq: aŋatkuq) is an intellectual and spiritual figure in Inuit culture who corresponds to a medicine man. Other cultures, including Alaska Natives, have traditionally had similar spiritual mediators, although the Alaska Native religion has many forms and variants.

  1. ^ "Eastern Canadian Inuktitut-English Dictionary ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ". Glosbe. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Eastern Canadian Inuktitut-English Dictionary ᐊᖓᒃᑯᖅ". Glosbe. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Dreams and Angakkunngurniq : Becoming an Angakkuq". Francophone Association of Nunavut. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  4. ^ "Inuinnaqtun to English" (PDF). Copian. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  5. ^ Often previously transliterated angekok.
  6. ^ Oqaasileriffik

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