angakok
Inuit and Yupik shaman
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role in religion
- In shamanism: The American Arctic
…prerogatives of the shaman (angakok; plural angákut) are healing and trance-based underwater journeys to the Mother of Animals for the purpose of assuring an abundance of game and aiding childless women in conception. Sickness is brought on by the violation of a taboo or results from the capture of…
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significance in dance
- In Native American dance: Eskimo (Inuit)
…in the former was the angakok, the shaman who communed with spirits by the rhythm of a single-headed drum and by ecstatic dancing, usually inside an igloo.
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