Inuit mythology Inuit religion is the shared spiritual beliefs and practices of the Inuit, an Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous people from Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, and parts of Siberia. Their religion shares many similarities with some A ...

, Tulugaak was the creator of

light Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be visual perception, perceived by the human eye. Visible light spans the visible spectrum and is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400– ...

. The meaning of tulugaq is 'raven'; cf. the god

Tuluŋigraq In the form of Inuit mythology Inuit religion is the shared spiritual beliefs and practices of the Inuit, an Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous people from Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, and parts of Siberia. Their religion shar ...

("something like a raven"Lowenstein 1992, p. 10.). Sometimes related to other sky gods, like Torngarsuk and Anguta from Inuit pantheon.

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* Inuit gods Mythological corvids Light gods Sky and weather gods {{NorthAm-myth-stub