Category: Inuit Mythology

Those in Greenland, as well as the Central Eskimo of Canada, know numerous tales of the hero Kivioq. Details within the tales vary from place…

There are several versions of this tale known across Greenland and the North American Arctic. In some areas it is part of the Sedna tradition,…

This tale about how the Narwhal got its tusk is known in many areas of the North American Arctic. Once there was a blind boy…

Pinga : She Who Is On High Pinga is a goddess of fertility, healing, and the hunt. She presides over life, death, abundance, and famine.…

Sedna lives at the bottom of the sea, her chief companion her dog. She controls the balance between the sea creatures who wish to live…

ADLIVUN (Qudlivun) Inuit – The UNDERWORLD. People who disobeyed SEDNA, a powerful goddess who ruled over sea creatures, were sent to Adlivun when they died.…

ADLET ( Inuit ) – Five blood-drinking MONSTERS that were born to a woman who married a DOG. The young woman had turned down many…