GT8A3963
Greenland traditional
culture - Tupiilaq
Tupillaqs were originally not made figures like today, but a bunlde of sticks and feathers and some stuff to make it to a strong magic and then it was sent to the enemy of the maker and kill him. That was though not very safe work because if the reciever knew more magid it could be sent back and then much stronger than before and kill the original maker. When western people asked how the tupiilaqs looked like the inuits startet to make them more visible, by carving it out of bone or a reindeer horn. And that is how it started the its developement of souvenir visualizing the old magig spirits
GT8A3963
Greenland traditional
culture - Tupiilaq
Tupillaqs were originally not made figures like today, but a bunlde of sticks and feathers and some stuff to make it to a strong magic and then it was sent to the enemy of the maker and kill him. That was though not very safe work because if the reciever knew more magid it could be sent back and then much stronger than before and kill the original maker. When western people asked how the tupiilaqs looked like the inuits startet to make them more visible, by carving it out of bone or a reindeer horn. And that is how it started the its developement of souvenir visualizing the old magig spirits