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The world of Greenlandic mythology is inhabited by creatures that have played a vital role in Inuit beliefs and stories throughout the ages. The Bestiarium is a collection of what is generally known about these diverse beings, spirits, and animals.
List of contents
8 Preface by Maria Bach Kreutzmann
10 A brief history of Greenland by Ujammiugaq Engell
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17 AAJUMAAQ
18 AASSIK
20 AAVERPAK
21 AJAQQISAAQ
22 AKUEQQUTIT
24 ALLAQ
24 ALLIARUTSIT
26 AMAARSISARTOQ
29 AMAROQ
30 AMU
33 ANGIUT
34 ANINGAAQ
37 ANNGIAQ
38 AQAJARORMIORSIORTOQ
39 ARPATTUT
41 ASIAQ
42 ASSAGISSAT
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45 EQALUSSUAQ
46 EQQILLIT
49 EQUNGASOQ
50 ERLAVEERSINIOOQ
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53 IGALILIK
54 IKKIILLINEQANNGEQQISSAARTOQ
55 IKUSIK
55 ILLUKOQ
57 IMMAP NANUA
58 INNERSUIT & ALLIARUTSIT
61 INNERSUIT TAARTAAT
62 INORROOQ
64 INORUTSIT
65 INUARAKASIK
66 INUARULLIKKAT
67 INUSSUAQ SAARNGIINNAQ
68 ISEQQAT
70 ITTUKU
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71 KATSIIA
72 KIIAPPA
75 KILIFFAK
76 KISERMAAQ
77 KUKIFFAAJOOQ
78 KUUPAJEEQ
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79 MAKAKAJUIT
81 MALIINA
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82 NALAARSIK
85 NAPPAASILAT
87 NATTAANNGUAQ
88 NEQIKITSULIAQ
89 NERRERSUUT
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91 PARPALIGAMIK UNIAKATTALIKQ
95 QAJARIAQ
96 QAMALLARLUTIK
98 QAQQAT NAALAGAAT
100 QARLIMAATSOQ
103 QIVITTUT
104 QULLERMIUT
107 QUNGUSSUTARIAQ
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108 SASSUMA ARNAA
113 SERMILISSUAQ
114 SERMIP INUA
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116 TARRAJAARSUIT
118 TIMERSIIT
119 TOORNAARSUK
121 TUNIT
122 TUPILAK
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126 UERSAT INUAT
129 UMIARISSAT
130 Shamans, witches and witchcraft by Robin Fenrir Mansa Hillestrøm
136 Alternative names and spellings
140 Glossary
142 The team behind the book
156 Bibliography
About the author
Maria Bach Kreutzmann was born and bred in Nuuk, and has been fascinated by monsters ever since she was a little girl. She has used Greenlandic mythology and all its colourful creatures in many of her personal projects and has long dreamt of sharing Greenlandic stories in a new and unique way. She graduated from the Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark, in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics Art. Since then she has worked in the gaming and advertising industry in Denmark and the UK. In January 2017 she moved back to Nuuk, and has since then worked on the Greenlandic film, culture, and literature scene as an illustrator and project manager with her company, Glaciem House.
Summary
Meet the motley crew of dangerous, cheeky, and fantastical beings of Greenland!
<< Content Warning: nudity and mentions of sexual violence. >>
The world of Greenlandic mythology is inhabited by creatures that have played a vital role in Inuit beliefs and stories throughout the ages. The Bestiarium is a collection of what is generally known about these diverse beings, spirits, and animals. Their stories are gritty, cruel, and reflect from the harsh landscape and lifestyle of ancient Greenland. Descriptions are paired with illustrations by contemporary Greenlandic illustrators that transport these mythological beings into the 21st Century. A brief history of Greenland and the shaman tradition launches the reader into the ancient world of Greenland and how myth and legend told generation after generation can mould and depict a place that was dark and grim as mischievous and lively and full of natural wonders.
Now available in North America as part of Eye of Newt’s specialty series, Wool of Bat, which is focused on the preservation and promotion of folklore and oral history from around the world. This edition of the Bestiarium features re-translated and edited chapter on "Shamans, witches, and witchcraft" by Robin Fenrir Mansa Hillestrøm.
