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Inuit mythology Inuit religion is the shared spiritual beliefs and practices of the Inuit, an indigenous people from Alaska, northern Canada, parts of Siberia and Greenland. Their religion shares many similarities with some Alaska Native religions. Traditional I ...
, Tulugaak was the creator of
light Light or visible light is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye. Visible light is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400–700 nanometres (nm), corresponding to frequencies of 750–420 tera ...
. The meaning of tulugaq is 'raven'; cf. the god Tuluŋigraq ("something like a raven"Lowenstein 1992, p. 10.). Sometimes related to other sky gods, like Torngarsuk and Anguta from Inuit pantheon.


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* Inuit gods Legendary crows Light gods Sky and weather gods {{NorthAm-myth-stub