Nuliajuk is a goddess of the Netsilik Inuit. According to Rasmussen Nuliajuk lives on the bottom of the sea and controls sea mammals (seals, walruses,...
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MV Nuliajuk, named for the Netsilik Inuit goddess Nuliajuk, is a multi-purpose research vessel owned and operated by the government of Nunavut in northern...
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('Mother of the Deep') in West Greenlandic and Nerrivik ('Table', Inuktun) or Nuliajuk (District of Keewatin, Northwest Territories, Canada). She is sometimes...
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provided power and could affect which world they went to after their deaths. Nuliajuk, the Sea Woman, was described as "the lubricous one". If the people breached...
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and husband of the goddesses Nuliajuk and Isarraitaitsoq. Nootaikok, god who presided over icebergs and glaciers. Nuliajuk and Isarraitaitsoq, goddesses...
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(Benin) wife of sea god Agbe. Nuliayoq Colles 48.0N 224.0E 350.0 1997 Nuliajuk, Netsilik Inuit (Hudson Bay Eskimo) sea mistress; similar to Sedna. Olosa...
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considered them worthy. Polar bears were also associated with the goddess Nuliajuk who was responsible for their creation, along with other sea creatures...
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(Copper Inuit) Arnapkapfaaluk Netsilingmiut (Netsilik Inuit) Isarraitaitsoq Nuliajuk Yupighyt (Siberian Yupik) Ka'cak Iranian Anahita (Aredvi Sura Anahita,...
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qulliq oil lamp. Among the Netsilik if the people breached certain taboos, Nuliajuk, the Sea Woman, held the marine mammal in the basin of her lamp. When this...
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cast out from the family home when they discover his confrontation with Nuliajuk, a revered deity, believing that Arthur's actions would bring a curse upon...
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