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Sedna (Inuktitut: แดแแ, romanized: Sanna, previously Sedna or Sidne) is the goddess of the sea and marine animals in Inuit religion, also known as the Mother of the Sea or Mistress of the Sea. The story of Sedna, which is a creation myth, describes how she came to rule over Adlivun, the Inuit version of the underworld.
A hunting deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with the hunting of animals and the skills and equipment ... Sedna, goddess of the sea, marine animals ...
In Canada, she was known as either Sedna or Arnapkapfaaluk and in Greenland, she was Arnakuagsak. [1] Myth. Nerrivik married the storm-god, who afterwards produced a ...
Nuliajuk (see also Sedna) Nuliajuk lives in the ocean for a very long time. Nuliajuk just sits on the ocean floor, her long hair flowing, moving back and forth with the tides and the currents. When you look down into the sea over the side of a boat in summer, you can see her hair, swaying back and forth.
Sedna may refer to: Sedna (mythology), the Inuit goddess of the sea; Sedna (dwarf planet), a trans-Neptunian dwarf planet; Sedna (beverage), a tonic wine, formerly made in Belfast; Sedna (database), a native XML database; Doriprismatica sedna, a species of nudibranch; Sedna Finance, a structured investment vehicle; Sedna Planitia, a landform on ...
Qailertetang is the companion of Sedna. Sedna: the mistress of sea animals and mother of the sea. Sedna (Sanna in modern Inuktitut spelling) is known under many names, including Nerrivik, Arnapkapfaaluk, Arnakuagsak, and Nuliajuk. Silap Inua or Sila: personification of the air; Tekkeitsertok: the master of caribou. Tarqiup Inua: lunar deity
Anguta is a psychopomp, ferrying souls from the land of the living to the underworld, called Adlivun, where his daughter rules.Those souls must then sleep near him for a year before they go to Qudlivun ("those above us"), where they will enjoy eternal bliss. [3]
Sedna, Torngarsuk and the tornat (spirits of animals and natural formations) and tupilaq (souls of dead people) live in Adlivun, [5] which is usually described as a frozen wasteland. Sedna is the ruler of the land, [5] and is said to imprison the souls of the living as part of the preparation for the next stage of their journey.