angakkuq
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Role in Inuit society
- Auxiliary spirits and personal names
- ''Angakkuuniq'' today
- Notes
- Further reading
- References
- External links
thumb|Ikpukhuak and his angatkuq wife, Higalik (Ice House), between 1913 and 1916 thumb|The angakkuq, Niaqunguaq, between 1921 and 1924
The angakkuq is an intellectual and spiritual figure in Inuit culture who corresponds to a medicine man or shaman. Other cultures, including Alaska Natives, have traditionally had similar spiritual mediators, although the Alaska Native religion has many forms and variants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “angakkuq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.