10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANGAKOK»
Discover the use of
angakok in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
angakok and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Encyclopedia of Shamanism
The angakok summons the aperketek, another spirit who acts as a mediator
between the angakok and the tornarsuk. Ritual Torniwoq refers to the shamanic
rituals of the East Greenland angakok (shaman), during which the angakok
performs ...
2
An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 2 (Paperback)
Torngraq The helping spirit of the angakok (shaman). Torngrat, torngadt (pl) is in
the language of the Iglulik of the Arctic Coast, and some dialectical variants are
tornaq (s), tornat (pl) from West Greenland, and torngak (s), tornait (pl) from ...
3
Handbook of Native American Mythology
Often illnesses or difficulties resulted from a taboo being broken. The angakok
would hold a ceremony in which his familiar spirits would assist him to travel
outside of his body to far-off places where he would learn the cause of the
problem and ...
Dawn Elaine Bastian, Judy K. Mitchell, 2004
4
The Voice of Rolling Thunder: A Medicine Man’s Wisdom for ...
The angakok is trained to recognize symbols in dreams and to explain them to
the dreamer. Are dream meanings universal? There are somedreams that mean
the same for everyone. For example, a dream about the moon indicates that there
...
Sidian Morning Star Jones, Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., 2012
5
Canada's Changing North
It was the duty of the Inuit angakok (shaman) to visit Sedna through soul travel to
determine what wrong had been done. The angakok would have to placate
Sedna by combing and braiding her dishevelled hair, or by overpowering her to
force ...
6
Internationalism in Children's Series
Always on hand to demand his right for the choicest foods, Angakok is
enormously fat and thus the butt of humor for the reader when he gets stuck
crawling into an igloo. The Eskimo people, however, do not mock but marvel at
their powerful ...
Karen Sands-O'Connor, Marietta Frank, 2014
7
Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo
Lastly, the ghost from the grave came out, and being called upon by the angakok,
he entered the house to fetch the boy, who only perceived a strong smell of
maggots, and then fainted away. On recovering his senses, he found himself in
the ...
Hinrich Rink, Robert Brown, 2014
8
Cooperation and Competition Among Primitive Peoples
an angakok. One must be taught by an established angakok how to go out to a
lonely spot and there to rub a small stone on the top of a large stone for three
days until this brings out the spirit of the rock. This procedure is repeated at
different ...
9
The Way of Inuit Art: Aesthetics and History in and Beyond ...
The most naturalistic bear carvings closely resemble real bears (figure 3.30), but
most, unlike real bears, have fat necks and very thin bodies (figure 3.31) and thus
resemble the Angmassalik "angakok bear" described by Holm: All the angakut ...
Emily Elisabeth Auger, 2005
10
Endangered Peoples of the Arctic: Struggles to Survive and ...
Another important aspect of the traditional world view is also related to the
importance of the soul, and it centers on the angakok. The angakok was believed
to have control over evil spirits who had the power to harm people and rob a
person's ...
Milton M. R. Freeman, 2000
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANGAKOK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
angakok is used in the context of the following news items.
Angakok Releases New Album
Personal attacks and/or excessive profanity will not be tolerated and such comments will be removed. This is not your personal chat room or ... «Metal Underground, May 15»
The Last Polar Bears
While in the old days angakok shamans would meditate on the polar bear spirit seeking their totemic guidance, today's trophy hunters ... «The Epoch Times, Apr 15»
Jeter, Rivera Welcome Haul of Fame
RIVERA: Inuit sculpture titled "Kiviuq's Journey—The Angakok and the Eqalookpuk." VERDICT: Rivera didn't know what to make of the ... «Wall Street Journal, Sep 14»
Blue Jays offer Mariano Rivera 'distinctly Canadian' goodbye gift
The piece, designed by Toronto-based Inuit artist David Piqtoukun, is titled “Kiviuq's Journey — The Angakok and the Eqalookpuk” and made of ... «Toronto Star, Sep 13»
'I Hate to Leave this Beautiful Place,' by Howard Norman
His interest in folklore leads him to the Canadian Northwest, where he is driven off by an angakok, a shaman who hates non-Inuits (and “most ... «Washington Post, Jul 13»
A Memoir in Five Acts: Howard Norman
While working in Eskimo Point, in the Canadian Arctic, a violently angry angakok (shaman) who wears a necklace made of transistor radios ... «Publishers Weekly, Jun 13»
Shamans and dreamers
shaman, or angakok, told the explorer. Knud Rasmussen. Ancient Taoists in China described the heart of their shamanic practice as “the art of ascending to ... «Beliefnet.com, Oct 10»
30 Seconds To Mars' Short Film Is First Music Video Ever Shot In …
"A Beautiful Lie" directed by Angakok Panipaq premieres January 30th in an array of countries including the US, Canada, Australia, New ... «Starpulse.com, Jan 08»
