A'akuluujjusi

A'akuluujjusi is the great creator mother among the Inuit people, a primordial goddess.^[1]

Creation myth

She created animals from her clothes. First, she made the caribou with tusks and the walrus with antlers. But that way, they were too dangerous for hunters going after them. So she changed her mind and swapped.

She found the walrus was perfect with tusks. Yet, the caribou was running too fast to be caught by hunters, therefore, she turned his belly hair against the wind to slow him down.^[2]

References

↑ Nyx in the House of Night by P. C. Cast and Leah Wilson
↑ Holtved; Knud Rasmussen (1921) in Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines by Patricia Monaghan

Inuit mythology

Goddesses	A'akuluujjusi Akna Arnakuagsak Arnapkapfaaluk Asiaq Ataksak Aulanerk Caribou mother Kadlu Malina Nerrivik Nujalik Nuliajuk Pinga Pukkeenegak Qailertetang Sedna Tootega

Gods	Aipaloovik Akycha Alignak Amaguq Anguta Aumanil Eeyeekalduk Idliragijenget Igaluk Ignirtoq Issitoq Nanook Negafook Nootaikok Pana Tarqiup Inua Tekkeitsertok Tornarsuk Tornat Torngarsuk Tulugaak Tuluŋigraq

Creatures and spirits	Adlet Adlivun Agloolik Akhlut Amarok Atshen Ijirait Ishigaq Keelut Kigatilik Qiqirn Qalupalik Tariaksuq Tizheruk Tupilaq

People	Apanuugak Atanarjuat Ka-Ha-Si Kiviuq

Objects and terms	i'noGo tied Inua Silap Inua Nunam

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