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Nuliajuk logo #10101) Animal goddess 2) Sea and river goddess
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Nuliajuk

Nuliajuk logo #21000 Nuliajuk is a goddess of the Netsilik Inuit. According to Rasmussen Nuliajuk lives on the bottom of the sea and controls sea mammals (seals, walruses, and sea lions). Whenever humans neglect to observe ritual prohibitions, she imprisons the sea-mammals within the drip-basin under her lamp (making them unavailable to hunters), so that shamans must ...
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