Anguta is the father of the sea goddess Sedna

Sedna

Sedna may refer to:*Sedna, the Inuit goddess of the sea*90377 Sedna, an object in the Sun's far outer Solar System discovered in 2003*Sedna, a native XML database-See also:*Sétna Airt, son of Artrí, son of Éber, son of Ír, son of Míl Espáine...

 in Inuit mythology

Inuit mythology

Inuit mythology has many similarities to the religions of other polar regions. Inuit traditional religious practices could be very briefly summarised as a form of shamanism based on animist principles....

. In certain myths,beetween the Greenland Inuit Anguta, also called "His Father" or Anigut is considered the creator-god and is the supreme being among of the Inuit people. In other myths, however, Anguta is merely a mortal widower. His name, meaning "man with something to cut," refers to his mutilating of his daughter which ultimately resulted in her godhood, an act he carried out in both myths. Anguta is a psychopomp

Psychopomp

Psychopomps are creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls to the afterlife. Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply provide safe passage...

, ferrying souls from the land of the living to the underworld

Underworld

The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death...

, where his daughter rules, called Adlivun

Adlivun

In Inuit mythology, Adlivun refers to both the spirits of the departed who reside in the underworld, and that underworld itself, located beneath the land and the sea. The souls are purified there, in preparation for the travel to the Land of the Moon , where they find eternal rest and peace...

. Those souls must then sleep there for a year. He is also known as Aguta.