TUPILAQ
AKA: Tupilak | Spirit Monster
📍 QUICK FACTS
| Origin: | Inuit Tradition (Greenland/Alaska) |
| State/Region: | Alaska |
| Country: | USA |
| First Sighting: | Traditional Inuit |
| Category: | Spirit |
📖 DESCRIPTION
A Tupilaq is a vengeful creature from Inuit tradition, constructed from various animal parts by a shaman (angakkuq) and brought to life through ritual. It's sent to destroy enemies but can turn on its creator.
👁️ FAMOUS SIGHTINGS
- ►Part of traditional Inuit shamanic practice
- ►Created as magical weapons against enemies
🎭 CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
Tupilaq represent the dangerous side of shamanic power - magic that can backfire. Modern tupilaq carvings are popular art, though originally they were hidden or destroyed.
🃏 METAZOO CARD
Tupilaq
Native 1st Edition
Bronze