Talk:Inuit religion

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Gods
I'm just wondering the use of the word "god" or "goddess" in this article and related ones - on one hand, it says that the Inuit "did not have gods, although one often sees names from Inuit mythic traditions called gods in non-Inuit media", but on the other hand, the "Inuit mythology" template at the bottom of the page lists "gods" and "goddesses", and most of the articles linked there also talk talk about "Inuit gods" and "Inuit goddesses".

So I'm just curious now - is the statement that the Inuit "did not have gods" false (or, at the very least, original research)? Or is the designation of the various entities listed in the template as "gods" and "goddesses" false (or at least misleading)? If the statement made is not false and if the word "god" is mostly just one applied by westerners trying to understand or describe Inuit mythology, the template and the other articles should probably be updated to include notices on the terminology and be more precise. -Schneelocke 13:21, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I feel like the articles linked to in the Inuit mythology template at the bottom of the page are all extremely problematic. As you point out, they contradict the thrust of this article, but also almost none of them have any references, and they're almost all very short stubs. I wonder if Template:Expert-subject would be appropriate here. Dindon (talk) 06:01, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Qalluna?
In the opera Tornrak people die from "Qalluna's sickness" Qallunaa aaniarninganut in Inuktitut. Is that a reference to a deity or spirit we could mention here? Or could it just be someone's name?--Peter cohen (talk)
 * That would be "non-Inuit (white) persons sickness". It's just a variant on "qablunaaq" or "qallunaaq" or "qallunaak", search at Nunavut Living Dictionary. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 18:01, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks. Makes sense.--Peter cohen (talk) 22:32, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Innu != Inuit
Hello there, You have included information which is not Inuit mythology but rather Innu mythology. The Innu (Also known as Naskapi-Montagnais Indians), are a seperate and different group from the Inuit. Its wonderful that this story has been mentioned but it belongs somewhere else. Respectfully Yours Guy Playfair, Innu Nation Environment and Culture office. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.163.226.194 (talk) 17:12, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Inuit = Eastern Canadian Inuktitut speaking people
The page Inuit mythology only for Eastern Canadian Inuktitut speaking people (Eastern Canadian Inuit people) --Kmoksy (talk) 09:42, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it could use some branching out. — LlywelynII  15:44, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Sources for article expansion
Trying to get some more Greenland (Kalaallit) specific material going, there's some stuff about Hans Egede's notes on early Greenlandic creation myths and superstitions regarding menstrual cycles and corpses here, around pp. 57 ff. — LlywelynII  15:44, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

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Iglulik Section difficult to understand
See title. I think some more detail/explanation would be helpful. As written, this is just confusing. Kway519 (talk) 05:02, 18 February 2024 (UTC)


 * I've changed the section header as it doesn't discuss Igloolik or the Iglulik area. It's about angakkuq. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 00:47, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Inaccurate Citation
This quote has an inaccurate citation:

"The Inuit cosmos is ruled by no one. There are no divine mother and father figures. There are no wind gods and solar creators. There are no eternal punishments in the hereafter, as there are no punishments for children or adults in the here and now."

The linked article doesn't exist, but this quote can be found in this essay by the same author:

"Shooting the Breeze," NUNATSIAQ NEWS, https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/shooting_the_breeze/ 50.53.61.26 (talk) 21:42, 14 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Fixed now. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 19:20, 16 May 2024 (UTC)