angakok

American  

[ang-guh-kok] / ˈæŋ gəˌkɒk /

Or angekok

noun

1. a shaman in Inuit society.

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Etymology

Origin of angakok

First recorded in 1760–70; from Danish angekok (earlier angekkok ), from Inuit (Greenlandic, eastern Canada) angakkoq

Example Sentences

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angakok

But on entering the house he looked exceedingly pale, because of the great angakok wisdom he had acquired down in the old grave.

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.

The first thing which the angakok or sorcerer, who visits her must do is to free her from these pests.

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Besides the angakok mentioned by Mr. Tylor, Dr. Rink, in his Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo, has two other stories of escapes from the stomach of a dead animal when it is cut open.

From Indian Fairy Tales by Anonymous

Among the Eskimo the angakok, or shaman, trains his child from infancy in the art of sorcery, taking him upon his knee during his incantations and conjurations.

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.

"The angakok," or sorcerer of Greenland, "after meeting with tomarsuk, or guardian spirits, sometimes manifested it by his feet sinking into the rocky ground just as if in snow."

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Leland, Charles Godfrey