Sedna
Inuit · deity · mythic · deity
Inuit mistress of the sea and its animals; dwells on the sea floor ruling the dead in Adlivun.
Domains
- sea sea mammals
- underworld adlivun
Powers
- Withhold seals, walrus and whales from hunters
- Detect broken taboos as filth tangled in her hair
- give rise to the sea-mammals from her severed finger-joints
Epithets
Sources
- Rasmussen, Intellectual Culture of the Iglulik Eskimos (1929)
- Boas, The Central Eskimo (1888)
- Rasmussen (1929); Boas (1888)
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