Deities
Below is an incomplete list of Inuit myth figures thought to hold power over some specific part of the Inuit world:
- Pinga- the goddess of the hunt, fertility and medicine
- Qailertetang- weather spirit, guardian of animals, and matron of fishers and hunters. Qailertetang is the companion of Sedna.
- Sedna - the mistress of sea animals
- Sedna (Sanna in modern Inuktitut spelling) is known under many names, including Nerrivik, Arnapkapfaaluk, Arnakuagsak, and Nuliajuk.
- Sila - personification of the air
- Nanook - (Nanuk in the modern spelling) the master of polar bears
- Tekkeitsertok - the master of caribou
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