Author

Publication

1991 - University of Idaho Press, Moscow, Idaho, Idaho

Language

English

Word Count

70,000 words, Guess

Page Count

280 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing4096043
  • Goodreads2250896

Classifications

  • DDC299/.781
  • LCCE99.E7 M523 1991

Description

This study examines common Inuit experiential religious concepts and investigates souls, spirits and indwellers in nature and in the wind, in their significance to the everyday world. Includes the activities of the shaman and stories of the Sea Mother, Moon Man, Eagel, Tornarssuk the polar bear spirit, the Moon Dog, the Raven Father, Eagle the hunter's helper and 'the one with an amaut'.

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Other Editions

  • Powers which we do not know: the gods and spirits of the InuitUniversity of Idaho Press1991-01-01

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