How Inuit in the Canadian North Perceive the Wolverine: From Past to Present

• Published in: Études Inuit Studies
• Main Author: Frédéric Laugrand
• Other Authors: UCL - SSH/INCA - Institut des civilisations, arts et lettres
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Consortium Erudit 2019
• Subjects: General Arts and Humanities; General Social Sciences; Sciences Humaines et Sociales; Social Sciences and Humanities; Inuit; carcajou; trickster; chasse; chamanisme; tuurngaq; wolverine; hunting; shamanism; phil; litt; Canada; Carcajou; inuit
• Online Access: http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/etudinuit/2017-v41-n1-2-etudinuit04714/1061440ar.pdf; https://doi.org/10.7202/1061440ar; https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/etudinuit/2017-v41-n1-2-etudinuit04714/1061440ar/; https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2958373619; https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1061440ar

The wolverine is an animal perceived by the Inuit in northern Canada as a voracious and powerful creature. Often associated with the wolf, it occupies a singular place in the bestiary of these peoples. The wolverine is a predator, a nomad, a scavenger; but it is also a thief, capable of endangering...