angakok

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Among the Inuit of Greenland and parts of Alaska and northern Canada: a man or (less commonly) woman believed to have powers of divination and healing through access to and influence in the world of good and evil spirits; a shaman.


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Origin:
mid 18th century. Originally from (i) Danish Angekok, † Angekkok and its etymon (ii) Greenlandic Inuit angákok (now angakkoq)




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