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Qalupalik

Inuit Pre-contact Inuit tradition; attested in oral traditions across the eastern and central Arctic; popularized in contemporary Inuit children's literature and film (*Qalupalik*, 2010 animated short by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril) Eastern and central Canadian Arctic — particularly Nunavut and Nunavik communities; documented most thoroughly among Iglulik and eastern Arctic Inuit
Portrait of Qalupalik
Portrait of Qalupalik
Period Pre-contact Inuit tradition; attested in oral traditions across the eastern and central Arctic; popularized in contemporary Inuit children's literature and film (*Qalupalik*, 2010 animated short by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril)
Power COMMON 7

Attributes

ATK
7
DEF
6
SPR
5
SPD
8
INT
7
CHA
—
WIS
—
END
—

Combat Profile

ATK DEF SPR SPD INT CHA WIS END
Special Move

Siren's Call

Qalupalik lures a target with an irresistible melody, dragging them toward deep water where she gains absolute dominion

Passive

Amphibious Terror

Qalupalik can emerge from or vanish into any body of water, and those who hear her wailing song suffer creeping dread

Spirit | Inuit

A water spirit who lures children too close to the sea ice; part warning-figure, part guardian of children’s boundaries; wears a parka made of sea creatures. Qalupalik humming under the ice is a sound children learn to fear — the sound of a boundary they must not cross. Like many child-warning figures across world traditions, Qalupalik encodes real danger (thin ice, freezing water) in mythological form.

Parallels: Kelpie (Scottish — water spirit that drowns children), La Llorona (Mexican — child-snatching water spirit), Baba Yaga (Slavic — boundary figure warning children away from danger), Qalupalik’s parka connects to Sedna’s sea-animal origins See also: Sedna, Angakkuq, Sila

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Pre-contact Inuit tradition; attested in oral traditions across the eastern and central Arctic; popularized in contemporary Inuit children's literature and film (*Qalupalik*, 2010 animated short by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril) — See in timeline
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