THE SHAMAN AND THE RELATION BETWEEN NATURE AND HUMAN BEINGS
- The shaman
- The legend of the Mother of the Sea
- The legend of the Weather Being
You solve the tasks by using
- Text
- Audio
- Drawing tools
This part is based on pp. 46-53 – there you will find information about the subject.
See video about the Mother of the Sea here.
In difficult times for the settlement the shaman, called angakkok, was needed.
Angakkok’s job was to contact the spirits to find out what the problem was, and how the settlement could get through the crisis.
What did it take to become angakkok?
Who should angakkok visit to get the game animals released?
How could angakkok come in contact with the spiritual world?
When Inuit had committed misdeeds the Mother of the Sea punished them by holding the game animals back in her matted hair.
Angakkok then had to undertake a journey to have the animals released from the hair of the Mother of the Sea.
What misdeed did the humans commit in the video about the Mother of the Sea?
What story do the pictures at page 51 tell?
If a similar legend were to be made today, what could it be about?
If taboos and rituals were broken the Weather Being could cause bad weather, making hunting and fishing impossible.
Then angakkok had to undertake a spiritual journey to find out what taboos or rituals had been broken.
When angakkok returned, he brought with him to the settlement knowledge about how to observe taboos or rituals.
Why was there a need for having both the legend of the Mother of the Sea and the legend of the Weather Being?
An example of a taboo is given in the book – and that is?
In the picture you see a drum – and what else? (page 53 in the book)
In difficult times for the settlement the shaman, called angakkok, was needed.
Angakkok’s job was to contact the spirits to find out what the problem was, and how the settlement could get through the crisis.
What did it take to become angakkok?
Who should angakkok visit to get the game animals released?
How could angakkok come in contact with the spiritual world?
When Inuit had committed misdeeds the Mother of the Sea punished them by holding the game animals back in her matted hair.
Angakkok then had to undertake a journey to have the animals released from the hair of the Mother of the Sea.
What misdeed did the humans commit in the video about the Mother of the Sea?
What story do the pictures at page 51 tell?
If a similar legend were to be made today, what could it be about?
If taboos and rituals were broken the Weather Being could cause bad weather, making hunting and fishing impossible.
Then angakkok had to undertake a spiritual journey to find out what taboos or rituals had been broken.
When angakkok returned, he brought with him to the settlement knowledge about how to observe taboos or rituals.
Why was there a need for having both the legend of the Mother of the Sea and the legend of the Weather Being?
An example of a taboo is given in the book – and that is?
In the picture you see a drum – and what else? (page 53 in the book)
