A tupilaq (tupilak or ᑐᐱᓚᒃ in Inuktitut syllabics, plural tupilait) is a monster or carving of a monster. In Inuit religion, especially in Greenland, a tupilaq was an avenging monster fabricated by an angakkuq (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.
A tupilaq (tupilak or ᑐᐱᓚᒃ in Inuktitut syllabics, plural tupilait) is a monster or carving of a monster. In Inuit religion, especially in Greenland, a tupilaq was an avenging monster fabricated by an angakkuq (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.
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