angakok
Americannoun
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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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 performance of a self-confident angakok is quite impressive—if one has not witnessed it too many times before.
From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
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
The business of the angakok is mainly singing incantations and going into trances, for he has no medicines.
From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
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
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