BY TRADITION
Inuit folklore
5 records of Inuit folklore — the beings, warnings and stories the tradition keeps, with sources.
AmarokA giant wolf of Inuit folklore that hunts solitary travellers. Unlike pack wolves, the amarok is associated with the danger of going alone into the land.IjiraqShapeshifting beings in Inuit lore (especially North Baffin dialects) associated with leading travellers astray or hiding children. Inuksuit may help the lost find a way home. Treat as living cultural knowledge, not a game enemy.MahahaA cold-weather being in Inuit art and story, often barefoot and long-nailed, said to tickle victims to death while grinning. Also known in some tellings as qungalukkakkiit.QallupilluitHumanoid sea beings in Inuit storytelling that lurk near floe edges and may take children who wander too close to dangerous ice. Descriptions vary; the stories also teach survival at the land–sea boundary.TariaksuqShadow-people beings in some Inuit tellings, glimpsed sideways rather than confronted. Related in discussion to ijirait but not identical; elders’ knowledge should lead any serious reading.
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