Aua (Inuit)
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Aua was an Inuit angakkuq
(shaman) known for his anthropological input to Greenland anthropologist Knud Rasmussen. As a shaman practicing into the 1920s, Aua provided perspective on Inuit religion at a time when it was being subsumed by introduced Christianity.
Angakkuq
The Angakkuq , Angatkuq , Angakok or Ilisitsok is the intellectual and spiritual figure among the Inuit and corresponds to a shaman. Not only the Inuit, but also other Eskimo cultures know similar mediator persons...
(shaman) known for his anthropological input to Greenland anthropologist Knud Rasmussen. As a shaman practicing into the 1920s, Aua provided perspective on Inuit religion at a time when it was being subsumed by introduced Christianity.
Sources
- Penny Petrone. Northern Voices: Inuit Writing in English. University of Toronto Press, 1992. ISBN 080207717X, 9780802077172. Pg 21.