Circumpolar Arctic

Inuit Traditions

Regional teachings of weather, living creatures and vulnerable beginnings, shared without restricted ceremonial imagery.

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Pinga, Inuit Traditions, mosaic oracle portrait

goddess · Inuit Traditions

Pinga

Guardian of the Hunt and Living Creatures

Pinga is recorded in some Inuit traditions as a female power connected with animals, hunting, fertility and sometimes the fate of the dead. Accounts vary substantially by region.

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Sila, Inuit Cosmology, mosaic oracle portrait

goddess · Inuit Cosmology

Sila

Breath, Weather and Mind of the World

Sila means weather, air, breath and intelligence in Inuit languages and cosmologies. Sila is not consistently female or personified; this oracle uses a feminine embodiment while naming that complexity.

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Akna, Inuit Traditions, mosaic oracle portrait

spirit · Inuit Traditions

Akna

Guardian of New Life

Akna is described in some published Inuit accounts as a female spirit connected with fertility and childbirth. Documentation is limited and regional, so this card avoids claiming a universal Inuit theology.

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