Explore: Inuit Folklore

Inuit religion is the shared spiritual beliefs and practices of Inuit, an indigenous people from Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, and parts of Siberia

instead of syllabics. The Sun and Moon is an unipkaaqtuat, a story in Inuit folklore. The traditional explanation for the movement of the Sun and Moon through

In Inuit folklore, the kăk-whăn’-û-ghăt kǐg-û-lu’-nǐk or akh’lut is an orca-like composite animal that takes the form of a wolf when on land, and is sometimes

Mermen and the females are called Mermaids. Auvekoejak – A merman from Inuit folklore of Greenland and northern Canada that has fur on its fish tail instead

The Inuit languages are a closely related group of indigenous American languages traditionally spoken across the North American Arctic and the adjacent

Provinces. He has written several translations of Algonquin, Cree, and Inuit folklore. His books have been translated into 12 languages. Norman was born in

The Ahkiyyini is a skeleton spirit in Inuit folklore. He is the ghost of Alaska, and causes tidal waves and earthquakes by moving his arms. Other articles

explanation (by Boas) were published in The Journal of American Folklore in 1889. The Inuit of Greenland, according to Rink, tell the same story as those

on purpose to drive them into grief. Adlet – Dog-like humanoids in Inuit folklore. Anung Ite – (Lakota) female spirit with two faces and spikes protruding

The book has been described as a blend of fiction, memoir, poetry and Inuit folklore. Characterized by the publisher as magic realism, it has also been seen