Messengers from the Invisible World among the Inuit of the Eastern Arctic

• Published in: Recherches amérindiennes au Québec
• Main Author: Frédéric Laugrand
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Recherches amérindiennes au Québec 2018
• Subjects: Sciences Humaines et Sociales; Social Sciences and Humanities; Inuits; qupirruit; insectes; divination; prédiction; tradition orale; Inuit; insects; oral tradition; insectos; adivinación; predicción; tradición oral; General Medicine; archeo; hist; Arctic; Pequeñas; inuit; inuits
• Online Access: http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/raq/2017-v47-n2-3-raq03793/1048601ar.pdf; https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/raq/2017-v47-n2-3-raq03793/1048601ar.pdf; https://doi.org/10.7202/1048601ar; https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1048601ar; https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/raq/2017-v47-n2-3-raq03793/1048601ar/; https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2883122427

The relationships that Inuit maintain with qupirruit (small critters) and the knowledge they have about them remain unknown. In the few available studies that can be found, the emphasis has been mainly on the fears and terror that these little animals bring to humans. Their role in the shamanic init...