Caribou mother
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The Caribou Mother is an Inuit deity who represents the source of caribou, formerly a vital food source for the Inuit people. She is seen as gigantic, with people and caribou as lice on her enormous body. The Caribous Mother is known as one of the oldest Inuit Deities.[1]
References[]
- ^ Merkur, Daniel (1991). Powers which we do not know: the gods and spirits of the Inuit. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press. p. 676. ISBN 978-0-89301-148-2. OCLC 23016717.
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