Anguta is the father of the sea goddess
Sedna in the
Inuit religion. In certain myths of the
Greenlandic Inuit, Anguta (also called "His Father," Anigut, or Aguta) is considered the creator god and is the supreme being among
Inuit. In other myths, Anguta is merely a mortal.
He is a god of the dead in some myths.
His name, meaning "man with something to cut", refers to his mutilating of his daughter which ultimately resulted in her godhood, an act he carried out in both myths. Anguta is a
psychopomp, ferrying souls from the land of the living to the
underworld, called
Adlivun
In Inuit religion, Adlivun (''those who live beneath us'',Boas 1888, Sedna and the fulmar p. 589 from ''at ~ al'' below, ''-lirn'' in a certain direction, ''-vun'' possessive first person plural; also known as Idliragijenget) are the spirits of the ...
, where his daughter rules. Those souls must then sleep near him for a year before they go to Qudlivun ("those above us"), where they will enjoy eternal bliss.
In some versions of the myth, only unworthy souls have to stay with Anguta in the land of the dead. In these myths, he pinches the dead to torment them.
See also
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Pinga
In Inuit religion, Pinga ("the one who is p onhigh") is a goddess of the hunt and medicine. She is heavily associated with the sky.
Caribou Inuit tradition
In Caribou Inuit communities, Pinga had some authority over caribou herds. She became a ...
, another psychopomp in Inuit mythology
References
Creator gods
Inuit gods
Psychopomps
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