Kiviuq

Kiviuq (pronounced " Qiviuq ", " Kiviuk " and other variations) is the hero of epic stories in the world of the Inuit in the Arctic regions of Canada, Alaska and Greenland.

Kiviuq is a constant Inuit hikers. Ghosts, giants, cannibals, bears and sea monsters are commonplace in the world of Kiviuk and add him again and again damage. Kiviuq traveling by dog sled, kayak, or is carried on the back of huge fish. His supernatural power leave him but resist on his journeys to the Far North all directed against him violence.

The stories about Kiviuqs adventure story goes across the Arctic. Kiviuq was very old and even had several lives. The locations of the plot and the exact events vary from teller to teller. In Greenland it is called " Qooqa " and in Alaska " Qayaq ".

A much-quoted legend of Kiviuq tells of his friendship with the grandson of an old woman. All world reviled the boy and made ​​fun of him until Kiviuq. The old woman swore revenge and changed her grandson in a seal that should float out to sea. The men followed the animal to chase it. Even before the hunters arrived, it abolished the old woman to let a storm arise, all, forever tore into the depths except the seal and Kiviuq, who accompanied the convoy in his kayak. Back at the safe shore the boy was transformed back and Kiviuq drove his Kayak them to other places to pass more adventures and to meet new people in other countries.

Older Inuit say that he is still living there and somewhere his experiences. Because before he died, he had to show his people again. Narrated according to tradition, is Kviuqs stories in many different versions have received and recently they are passed by a new generation of Inuit storytellers in written or graphic form.

Kiviuq is also a moon of Saturn, was named after this legendary hero.

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• Sculpture by the artist Christopher Kiviuq Tuckatuck - MacDonald

• Mythology of the Inuit
• Legend
• Legendary figure