Sedna

/ (ˈsɛdnə) /

noun

a large planet-like object discovered in 2003, orbiting the sun but considerably beyond Pluto

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Word Origin for Sedna

C21: after the Inuit goddess of the ocean

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In this mortal peril the father determined to offer Sedna to the birds and flung her overboard.
The Central Eskimo|Franz Boas
It seems to me that this difficulty arises from the mixing up of the angakoqs visit to Sedna with the tradition itself.
The Central Eskimo|Franz Boas
The hardest task, that of driving away Sedna, is reserved for the most powerful angakoq.
The Central Eskimo|Franz Boas
Sedna could not long resist such wooing and they went together over the vast sea.
The Central Eskimo|Franz Boas

The story begins when the fulmar carries Sedna to his home and she discovers that he has brought her to a very wretched tent.
The Central Eskimo|Franz Boas

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