#qallupilluit

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I love youuu Qallupilluit Cookie

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[nightmaremp]

Muppet Monster Adventures:

The Qallupilluk (Features the cute form of "THE WILD CREATURE")

A fact about Qallupilluk

(from Google)

[erysium]

childhood fears about being swallowed up by my own feelings, drowning, queerness.

Inspired by the picture book A Promise Is A Promise, by Michael Kusugak, Robert Munsch, and Vladyana Krykorka, and made a few years ago for DWC's north-american myths & legends anthology, The Sun and the Wayward Wind 🌞

[rubydart]

I just realized I haven't posted any of the illustrations I've made for Critical Crafting's homebrew tabletop content. Here's the Qallupilluit. Children who wander too close to the edge of the ice will risk finding a Qallupilluit who will stuff them into their amautik and pull them into the water.

[kitzatara]

Mermay Day 9: Indigenous Merfolk, And Colonization

There are several indigenous peoples who have merfolk legends. Many tribes of indigenous Americans in Canada, North America, Central America, and the Caribbean had stories of merpeople or water spirits. Notably the Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, Shoshone, Obijwe, inuit and Taino. who have the Lumpeguin, Sabawaelnu, nibiinnabe, Ne Hwas, Water Babies, Qallupilluit, Sedna and Aycayia.

Lumpeguin were sometimes humanoid, other times fish tailed and even able to become weasels. Similar to selkies of European mermaids who had red caps, Lumpeguin had magic garments that if stolen bound them to the human who took them. They were anle to make large quantities of food like Finfolk could. They could make a moursel a feast, snow into bread, or had a pot of infinite food.

Sabawaelnu were said to be able to control the weather, or had songs that could predict it.

Nibiiinabe were said to be freightened by loud noises and were the totem symbol of the Obijwe tribe for a time.

Ne Hwas were sisters who swam to often in the river by their home that they turned into mermaids.

Water babies were known to be aquatic infants that in some variations had fish tails. They were also mostly maleavolent but again some tribes recounted that the spirits could be reasoned with or sought after for advice and help. A spiritual leader or Shaman would go to the spirits on behalf of the tribe.

Qallupilluit were monstrous child snatchers, who had amautik for carrying off children. Used like bogeymen to warn children away from cracks or thin ice where the creature could grab them. They are mentioned as far back as 1888 by Franz Boasin “The Central E*kimo”. Also called Qallupilluk. Descriptions very but it is usually humanoid, sometimes finned, or has slimy green skin.

Sedna who I’ve mentioned as one of the few merdeities was a goddess in Inuit culture. Through some tragedy involving marriage, an axe, and a boat she loses her fingers which become sea mammals and she comes to live in the sea, sometimes with a tail instead of legs. She’s been related to the underworld and thought to be partially responsible for lack of seals. A spiritual leader or shaman would have to call on her and help comb sea life out of her long hair.

Aycayia was the mermaid of the indigenous Caribbean peoples. Said to be and outcast, rejected from society and seductive. The first was cursed by jealous wives and later traditions say that Aycayia are made by other Aycayia. They seek out those cast out from society and take them to live in the waves.

There is also the yawkyawk of Australian Aboriginal origin who i have slso mentioned. Related to the rainbow serpent Ngalyod and had seaweed hair and often could shapeshift into several animals like a dragonfly, crocodile, snake, or swordfish. They like most merfolk could also manipulate the weather.

It is important to note that most sources for these stories come from outsiders and colonizers. It is unclear how much these stories were influenced, altered, or downright changed by outsiders who recorded the stories. It’s difficult to say when these stories came about and how since again the majority of sources come second hand. Nevertheless they are interesting and beautiful stories, and i rarely see indigenous merfolk talked about.

[wayward-delver]

Qalupalik: The Inuit Child Snatcher of the Deep

The Qallupilluk or Qallupilluit are marine creatures from Inuit mythology. They are often described as having scaly and bumpy skin, not unlike a sculpin. It is said that these are ugly creatures and that they reek of sulfur.

The Qallupilluk is a child-snatcher. No one really knows why these creatures love to take children. Perhaps they take children because they are lonely and like the company, or maybe they like how children taste? Or is there perhaps an even darker reason for the snatching?

Many stories of the Qallupilluk tell of them wearing eider duck clothing with large pouches on their back to carry children in. The Qallupilluk hides in the ocean, waiting for children to play alone on the beach or near the breaking ice.

Usually, the Qallupilluk jump out of the water and grab children without any warning. Sometimes, however, you can hear them knocking under the ice. Some elders have said that if the ocean begins to become wavy in an area or steam begins to rise from the ocean, a Qallupilluk might be hiding underneath the water. The main signal of their approach, however, is a distinct humming sound.

One thing is certain, whether a Qallupilluk is hiding in the water or not, it is never safe to play alone on the beach or near the broken pans of sea ice.

The Qallupulluit is almost definitely a version of a water-dwelling bogeyman.

P.S. This creature was likely made up to scare children from playing alone at the coast and especially wandering on cracking and unstable sea ice.

[sneevish]

"First they danced slowly and then they danced fast and then they started to jump and yell and scream and dance a wild dance." From "A Promise Is A Promise" by Robert Munsch, Michael Kusugak, and Vladyana Krykorka . #annickpress #apromiseisapromise #robertmunsch #michaelkusugak #vladyanakrykorka #qallupilluit #inuitstories #picturebookillustration https://www.instagram.com/p/B7-_F-9H1mF/?igshid=sl4siov2q3xs

[katkarus]

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