tupilaq

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A form of tupilak — A monster (either invisible or having a physical form constructed from animal bones, sinew, etc) created in secret by a shaman and sent into the sea to seek and kill a specific enemy.

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Meanings

nountupilaq (plural tupilaqs)

plural tupilaqs

  1. alternativeInuit mythologyAlternative form of tupilak.

    Perhaps it was a tupilaq, all bone and gaping jaws, intent upon tormenting her even more. Then she saw Titanic written on it in big letters. A White Man's word. Maybe the word meant: We are too many.

    2000, Northern latitudes: prose poems, page 13
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