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Inuit Tradition

Inuit (Inuit Nunangat in Canada, Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland, and Iñupiat Alaska), with strong regional variation

Name Date

1. Who's who

Write the letter of each figure's role next to their name.

  1. 1.Anningan (the Moon Man)
  2. 2.Malina (the Sun Woman)
  3. 3.Sedna (the Sea Woman)
  4. 4.Sila
  5. 5.Tulunigraq (Raven Man)
  6. 6.Anguta
  7. 7.Pinga
  8. 8.Tornarsuk
  • A.the sun, light and warmth
  • B.air and weather, the order of the world, wisdom and awareness
  • C.the sea and its animals, the success or failure of hunting, the observance of taboos
  • D.the dead, the underworld Adlivun
  • E.the caribou and other land animals, watching over people's conduct, souls
  • F.the helping spirits of angakkuit, knowledge and guidance
  • G.the making of the land at Tikiġaq, whaling
  • H.the moon, the tides and hunting, the fertility of women

2. Family and relationships

Fill in each blank with a name from the word bank.

Word bank: Anguta · Anningan (the Moon Man)

  1. 1. is a parent of Sedna (the Sea Woman).
  2. 2. is a sibling of Malina (the Sun Woman).

3. Short answers

  1. 1. What was Anningan (the Moon Man) associated with, and which symbols help you recognise Anningan (the Moon Man)?

  2. 2. What was Malina (the Sun Woman) associated with, and which symbols help you recognise Malina (the Sun Woman)?

  3. 3. Retell “The Sea Woman: Sedna, Nuliajuk, Takannaaluk” in two or three sentences. Who is involved, and what changes by the end?

  4. 4. Retell “The Sun Sister and the Moon Brother” in two or three sentences. Who is involved, and what changes by the end?

Answer key: Inuit Tradition

1. Who's who

  1. 1. Anningan (the Moon Man): H
  2. 2. Malina (the Sun Woman): A
  3. 3. Sedna (the Sea Woman): C
  4. 4. Sila: B
  5. 5. Tulunigraq (Raven Man): G
  6. 6. Anguta: D
  7. 7. Pinga: E
  8. 8. Tornarsuk: F

2. Family and relationships

  1. 1. Anguta
  2. 2. Anningan (the Moon Man)

3. Short answers (guidance)

  1. 1. the moon, the tides and hunting, the fertility of women. Symbols: the moon, a dimmed torch, his dog-sled in the sky. (mythosatlas.com/deities/anningan)
  2. 2. the sun, light and warmth. Symbols: a blazing torch, hands blackened with soot. (mythosatlas.com/deities/malina)
  3. 3. Across the Inuit Arctic a young woman is wronged, thrown into the sea, and maimed, and becomes the keeper of the sea animals; the details, and even her name, change from region to region. (mythosatlas.com/stories/the-sea-woman)
  4. 4. A young woman discovers that the visitor who comes to her in the dark is her own brother; she flees with a blazing torch and becomes the sun, and he follows with a torch burned down to embers and becomes the moon. (mythosatlas.com/stories/sun-sister-and-moon-brother)

Generated from the Mythos Atlas catalog. Traditions vary between sources; accept well-supported alternatives.