Representing Tuurngait
Memory and History in Nunavut Volume One
Author Jarich Oosten, Frederic B. Laugrand, Francois Trudel ISBN 9781896204444 Binding Trade Paper Publisher Nunavut Arctic College Publication Date February 29, 2012 Size 304 x 228 mm
Tuurngait was the most common word used to describe the helping spirits of an angakkuq (shaman). Tuurngait could take any form but were most commonly humans, animals, or animal bodies with a human hea
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