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Angakkuq
The Inuit angakkuq (plural: angakkuit, Inuktitut syllabics ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ or ᐊᖓᒃᑯᖅ;[1][2][3] Inuvialuktun: angatkuq;[4] Greenlandic: angakkoq,[5] pl. angakkut;[6] Iñupiaq: aŋatkuq) is an intellectual and spiritual figure in Inuit culture who corresponds to a medicine man. Other cultures, including Alaska Natives, have traditionally had similar spiritual mediators, although the Alaska Native religion has many forms and variants.
- ^ "Eastern Canadian Inuktitut-English Dictionary ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ". Glosbe. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
- ^ "Eastern Canadian Inuktitut-English Dictionary ᐊᖓᒃᑯᖅ". Glosbe. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
- ^ "Dreams and Angakkunngurniq : Becoming an Angakkuq". Francophone Association of Nunavut. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
- ^ "Inuinnaqtun to English" (PDF). Copian. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
- ^ Often previously transliterated angekok.
- ^ Oqaasileriffik
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