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单词 Tupilak
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Tupilak

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Tupilaq

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A carved representation of a tupilak, Greenland

In Greenlandic Inuit (Kalaallit) traditions, a tupilaq (tupilak, tupilait, or ) was an avenging monster fabricated by a practitioner of witchcraft or shamanism by using various objects such as animal parts (bone, skin, hair, sinew, etc.) and even parts taken from the corpses of children. The creature was given life by ritualistic chants. It was then placed into the sea to seek and destroy a specific enemy.

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