Sedna (other)
Sedna may refer to: *Sedna (mythology), the Inuit goddess of the sea *Sedna (dwarf planet), a trans-Neptunian dwarf planet *Sedna (beverage), a tonic wine, formerly made in Belfast *Sedna (database), a native XML database *'' Doriprismatica sedna'', a species of nudibranch * Sedna Finance, a structured investment vehicle *Sedna Planitia, a landform on the planet Venus *'' Sedna pirata'', a species of solifuge, and its monotypic genus ''Sedna'' See also * ''Sedna IV'' (vessel) a modern sailing ship *Sétna (other) Sétna or Sedna was the name of two legendary High Kings of Ireland: * Sétna Airt, son of Artrí, son of Éber, son of Ír, son of Míl Espáine *Sétna Innarraid Sétna Innarraid ("of wages, stipend, reward"), son of Bres Rí, was, according ...

Sedna (mythology)
Sedna (, previously ''Sedna'' or ''Sidne'') is the goddess of the sea and marine animals in Inuit religion, also known as the Mother of the Sea or Mistress of the Sea. The story of Sedna, which is a creation myth, describes how she came to rule over Adlivun, the Inuit equivalent of the underworld. In sculptures, Sedna is often depicted with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a marine mammal, similar to a mermaid. Other names Sedna is known as Arnakuagsak or Arnaqquassaaq in parts of Greenland. She is called Sassuma Arnaa ('Mother of the Deep') in West Greenlandic and Nerrivik ('Table', Inuktun) or Nuliajuk (Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada). She is sometimes known by other names by different Inuit groups such as Arnapkapfaaluk ('Big Bad Woman') of the Copper Inuit from the Coronation Gulf area and Takánakapsâluk or Takannaaluk (Igloolik). In Killiniq, Labrador, she was referred to as 'Old-woman-who-lived-in-the-sea'. Myth More than one version of the S ...
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