Approach to traditional Inuit ontology and cosmology: from “inue” to “angakoq”.

In the first expeditions in the Arctic it was possible to known various questions related to the traditional cosmology of the Inuit people, thanks to the collection of ethnographical data. The comparison with more current information, as well as the analysis with different theoretical perspective, c...

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Main Author: Moral-García, Carlos
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Ediciones de la Universidad de Murcia (Editum) 2017
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spelling ftunivmurciaojs:oai:revistas.um.es:article/286401 2023-05-15T15:02:10+02:00 Approach to traditional Inuit ontology and cosmology: from “inue” to “angakoq”. Acercamiento a la ontología y cosmología inuit tradicional: de los “inue” al “angakoq”. Moral-García, Carlos 2017-03-07 application/pdf https://revistas.um.es/navegamerica/article/view/286401 spa spa Ediciones de la Universidad de Murcia (Editum) https://revistas.um.es/navegamerica/article/view/286401/207951 https://revistas.um.es/navegamerica/article/view/286401 Derechos de autor 2017 Naveg@mérica Naveg@merica. Electronic magazine edited by the Spanish Association of Americanists.; No. 18 (2017) Naveg@mérica. Revista electrónica editada por la Asociación Española de Americanistas; Núm. 18 (2017) Naveg@mérica; No 18 (2017) Naveg@mérica; N. 18 (2017) Naveg@mérica; N.º 18 (2017) 1989-211X Inuit cosmology ontology inua angakoq inuksuit cosmología ontología info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2017 ftunivmurciaojs 2022-04-18T05:23:28Z In the first expeditions in the Arctic it was possible to known various questions related to the traditional cosmology of the Inuit people, thanks to the collection of ethnographical data. The comparison with more current information, as well as the analysis with different theoretical perspective, can make easier the understanding of its conception of the world and the beings that live in. This paper tries to review how the the traditional Inuit, Arctic populations prior to the European contact, know about their environment and how they relate with it. This way, is possible to get a better knowing about the social and cultural significance of different mythical and spiritual beings. The study of the tales, the activities of the shaman or “angakoq”, and the role of the “inuksuit”, are especially notorious and interesting because of they are the main cultural testimonies of what we could understand as ‘supernatural’. Durante las primeras expediciones realizadas en el Ártico se pudieron conocer diversas cuestiones relativas a la cosmología tradicional de la población inuit, gracias a la recogida de datos etnográficos. La comparación con informaciones más actuales, así como la realización de análisis desde diferentes perspectivas teóricas, puede facilitar la compresión de su concepción del mundo y los seres que lo pueblan. En este artículo se trata de revisar la forma de entender su entorno y relacionarse con él por parte de las poblaciones árticas previas al contacto europeo, los inuit tradicionales. Así se puede conocer mejor la importancia social y cultural de diferentes seres míticos y potencias espirituales. Especialmente notorio e interesante es el estudio de los relatos, las actividades del chamán o “angakoq” y el papel de los “inuksuit”, pues son los principales testimonios culturales de lo que podríamos entender como ‘sobrenatural’. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic árticas inuit Revistas Científicas de la Universidad de Murcia Arctic
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topic Inuit
cosmology
ontology
inua
angakoq
inuksuit
cosmología
ontología
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angakoq
inuksuit
cosmología
ontología
Moral-García, Carlos
Approach to traditional Inuit ontology and cosmology: from “inue” to “angakoq”.
topic_facet Inuit
cosmology
ontology
inua
angakoq
inuksuit
cosmología
ontología
description In the first expeditions in the Arctic it was possible to known various questions related to the traditional cosmology of the Inuit people, thanks to the collection of ethnographical data. The comparison with more current information, as well as the analysis with different theoretical perspective, can make easier the understanding of its conception of the world and the beings that live in. This paper tries to review how the the traditional Inuit, Arctic populations prior to the European contact, know about their environment and how they relate with it. This way, is possible to get a better knowing about the social and cultural significance of different mythical and spiritual beings. The study of the tales, the activities of the shaman or “angakoq”, and the role of the “inuksuit”, are especially notorious and interesting because of they are the main cultural testimonies of what we could understand as ‘supernatural’. Durante las primeras expediciones realizadas en el Ártico se pudieron conocer diversas cuestiones relativas a la cosmología tradicional de la población inuit, gracias a la recogida de datos etnográficos. La comparación con informaciones más actuales, así como la realización de análisis desde diferentes perspectivas teóricas, puede facilitar la compresión de su concepción del mundo y los seres que lo pueblan. En este artículo se trata de revisar la forma de entender su entorno y relacionarse con él por parte de las poblaciones árticas previas al contacto europeo, los inuit tradicionales. Así se puede conocer mejor la importancia social y cultural de diferentes seres míticos y potencias espirituales. Especialmente notorio e interesante es el estudio de los relatos, las actividades del chamán o “angakoq” y el papel de los “inuksuit”, pues son los principales testimonios culturales de lo que podríamos entender como ‘sobrenatural’.
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author Moral-García, Carlos
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title Approach to traditional Inuit ontology and cosmology: from “inue” to “angakoq”.
title_short Approach to traditional Inuit ontology and cosmology: from “inue” to “angakoq”.
title_full Approach to traditional Inuit ontology and cosmology: from “inue” to “angakoq”.
title_fullStr Approach to traditional Inuit ontology and cosmology: from “inue” to “angakoq”.
title_full_unstemmed Approach to traditional Inuit ontology and cosmology: from “inue” to “angakoq”.
title_sort approach to traditional inuit ontology and cosmology: from “inue” to “angakoq”.
publisher Ediciones de la Universidad de Murcia (Editum)
publishDate 2017
url https://revistas.um.es/navegamerica/article/view/286401
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op_source Naveg@merica. Electronic magazine edited by the Spanish Association of Americanists.; No. 18 (2017)
Naveg@mérica. Revista electrónica editada por la Asociación Española de Americanistas; Núm. 18 (2017)
Naveg@mérica; No 18 (2017)
Naveg@mérica; N. 18 (2017)
Naveg@mérica; N.º 18 (2017)
1989-211X
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