• Source: Tarqiup Inua

In Inuit mythology, Tarqiup Inua ("Master of the Moon") is a lunar deity.
Names include:

the general word for moon, Tatqeq (Netsilik) and Tarqeq (Iglulik), or Tarqiup inua to specify the spirit
Aningaa, Aningaaq, or Aningait (Netsilik) and Aningaat (Iglulik) or Aningaap inua again specifying the spirit
The later names are associated with Sun and Moon (Inuit myth).




Mythology


Tarqiup Inua is a god of fertility, the morally righteous and for the Inuit of Alaska - the animals. The spirit of the Moon is a man, a mighty hunter who dwells in the skies.




See also


Inua
List of lunar deities




References

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• Daftar deifikasi bulan
• Tarqiup Inua
• Inua
• Inuit religion
• List of lunar deities
• Sun and Moon (Inuit myth)
• Tarqeq