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- Tupilaq abstract "In Greenlandic Inuit (Kalaallit) traditions, a tupilaq (tupilak, tupilait, or ᑐᐱᓚᒃ) was an avenging monster fabricated by a practitioner of witchcraft or shamanism by using various objects such as animal parts (bone, skin, hair, sinew, etc.) and even parts taken from the corpses of children. The creature was given life by ritualistic chants. It was then placed into the sea to seek and destroy a specific enemy. The use of a tupilaq was risky, however, because if it was sent to destroy someone who had greater magical powers than the one who had formed it, it could be sent back to kill its maker instead, although the maker of tupilaq could escape by public confession of her or his own deed.Because tupilaqs were made in secret, in isolated places and from perishable materials, none have been preserved. Early European visitors to Greenland, fascinated by the native legend, were eager to see what tupilaqs looked like so the Inuit began to carve representations of them out of sperm whale teeth.Today, tupilaqs of many different shapes and sizes are carved from various materials such as narwhal and walrus tusk, wood and caribou antler. They are an important part of Greenlandic Inuit art and are highly prized as collectibles.".
- Tupilaq thumbnail Tupilak_1.jpg?width=300.
- Tupilaq wikiPageExternalLink acrossarcticamer006641mbp.
- Tupilaq wikiPageExternalLink eskimofolktales00rasmrich.pdf.
- Tupilaq wikiPageID "11790167".
- Tupilaq wikiPageLength "8001".
- Tupilaq wikiPageOutDegree "34".
- Tupilaq wikiPageRevisionID "666005655".
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Amulet.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Anchimayen.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Angakkuq.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Angakok.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Anorak.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Caribou_Inuit.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Category:Greenlandic_culture.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Category:Inuit_art.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Category:Inuit_mythology.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Category:Legendary_creatures_of_the_indigenous_peoples_of_North_America.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Category:Witchcraft.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Chant.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Chants.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Chimera_(mythology).
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Christian.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Copper_Inuit.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Devil.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Europe.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Human_sexual_activity.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Igloolik.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Iglulik,_Nunavut.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Inuit_art.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Inuit_mythology.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Narwhal.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Parka.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Reindeer.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Shamanism.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Shamanism_among_Eskimo_peoples.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Soul.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Sperm_whale.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Taboo.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Tikoloshe.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Tusk.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Walrus.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink Witchcraft.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLink File:Tupilak_1.jpg.
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLinkText "Tupilaq".
- Tupilaq wikiPageWikiLinkText "tupilaq".
- Tupilaq hasPhotoCollection Tupilaq.
- Tupilaq wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Cite_book.
- Tupilaq wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Inuit_Mythology.
- Tupilaq wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Tupilaq subject Category:Greenlandic_culture.
- Tupilaq subject Category:Inuit_art.
- Tupilaq subject Category:Inuit_mythology.
- Tupilaq subject Category:Legendary_creatures_of_the_indigenous_peoples_of_North_America.
- Tupilaq subject Category:Witchcraft.
- Tupilaq hypernym Monster.
- Tupilaq type FictionalCharacter.
- Tupilaq comment "In Greenlandic Inuit (Kalaallit) traditions, a tupilaq (tupilak, tupilait, or ᑐᐱᓚᒃ) was an avenging monster fabricated by a practitioner of witchcraft or shamanism by using various objects such as animal parts (bone, skin, hair, sinew, etc.) and even parts taken from the corpses of children. The creature was given life by ritualistic chants. It was then placed into the sea to seek and destroy a specific enemy.".
- Tupilaq label "Tupilaq".
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilak.
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilak.
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilaq.
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilak.
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilak.
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilak.
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilaq.
- Tupilaq sameAs Tupilak.
- Tupilaq sameAs m.02rsg3w.
- Tupilaq sameAs Тупилак.
- Tupilaq sameAs Q656509.
- Tupilaq sameAs Q656509.
- Tupilaq wasDerivedFrom Tupilaq?oldid=666005655.
- Tupilaq depiction Tupilak_1.jpg.
- Tupilaq isPrimaryTopicOf Tupilaq.