tupilaq

English

Noun

tupilaq (plural tupilaqs)

  1. (Inuit mythology) Alternative form of tupilak
    • 2000, Northern latitudes: prose poems, page 13:
      Perhaps it was a tupilaq, all bone and gaping jaws, intent upon tormenting her even more. Then she saw Titanic written on it in big letters. A White Man's word. Maybe the word meant: We are too many.
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