THE SHAMAN AND THE RELATION BETWEEN NATURE AND HUMAN BEINGS
The shaman, angakkoq, was the link between the physical world and the spiritual world. In the spiritual world lived the Mother of the Sea and the Weather Being.
When the shaman had to travel to the spiritual world, he used his drum. The rhythmical striking of the drum caused the shaman to go into a trance, and in this way he entered the spiritual world.
The shaman travelled to the spiritual world if the catch failed. He had to visit the Mother of the Sea in order to have her set the game animals free – they were entangled in her hair.
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How did the shaman travel from the physical world to the spiritual?
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The Mother of the Sea and the Weather Being lived in the spiritual world. Find names of other beings who live in the spiritual world.
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Find other words for shaman.
The Mother of the Sea was to Inuit a highly respected mythical creature. When the hunt at sea failed, it was thought that this was due to misdeeds committed by humans, and as punishment the Mother of the Sea held the game animals back in her matted hair.
The shaman had to go on a perilous spiritual journey to the bottom of the sea to apologize for the misdeeds of the humans and make the Mother of the Sea set the game animals free.
The legend of the Mother of the Sea ensured that people observed both society’s customs and the shaman’s precepts
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Inua is a term for that which animates everything, animals, plants stones, weather, and make them humanlike.
The weather inua is an unpredictable being that reacts if taboos and rituals are broken.
When a storm raged for a long time the hunters could not go hunting or fishing.
The shaman then had to travel to the spiritual world to find out which taboos or rites had been broken.
When he returned he told the humans which taboos and rites they had to observe.
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Baptism is a ritual. Do you know any other rituals?
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In the picture you see the accessories the shaman used to enter the spiritual world. What are they called? Find help at page 53.
The shaman, angakkoq, was the link between the physical world and the spiritual world. In the spiritual world lived the Mother of the Sea and the Weather Being.
When the shaman had to travel to the spiritual world, he used his drum. The rhythmical striking of the drum caused the shaman to go into a trance, and in this way he entered the spiritual world.
The shaman travelled to the spiritual world if the catch failed. He had to visit the Mother of the Sea in order to have her set the game animals free – they were entangled in her hair.
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How did the shaman travel from the physical world to the spiritual?
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The Mother of the Sea and the Weather Being lived in the spiritual world. Find names of other beings who live in the spiritual world.
-
Find other words for shaman.
The Mother of the Sea was to Inuit a highly respected mythical creature. When the hunt at sea failed, it was thought that this was due to misdeeds committed by humans, and as punishment the Mother of the Sea held the game animals back in her matted hair.
The shaman had to go on a perilous spiritual journey to the bottom of the sea to apologize for the misdeeds of the humans and make the Mother of the Sea set the game animals free.
The legend of the Mother of the Sea ensured that people observed both society’s customs and the shaman’s precepts
What happens in the movie? The pictures may help you.
Write comments for the pictures, or record your story.
Inua is a term for that which animates everything, animals, plants stones, weather, and make them humanlike.
The weather inua is an unpredictable being that reacts if taboos and rituals are broken.
When a storm raged for a long time the hunters could not go hunting or fishing.
The shaman then had to travel to the spiritual world to find out which taboos or rites had been broken.
When he returned he told the humans which taboos and rites they had to observe.
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Baptism is a ritual. Do you know any other rituals?
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In the picture you see the accessories the shaman used to enter the spiritual world. What are they called? Find help at page 53.
