Inuit (Eskimos)

[_Nazish]

What’s their religion?

[_Nazish]

no one knows anything? :(

[Fret_Wizard]

Eskimo religion is called "Aleut". It's based upon hunting culture. They believe all animals posess "soul" and therefore have much respect for them. After hunting an animal, they perform certain ceremonies and rituals which allow for that animal to return to it's place of origin.

[_Nazish]

Thanks Fret.

i heard that they have they different sects, do you know anything about that?

[Fret_Wizard]

Here is a map of the different Eskimo tribes and their locations.

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[_Nazish]

Thanks a lot fret

[Fret_Wizard]

No problemo :)

[Nadia_H]

My kinda topic

>>They believe all animals posess “soul” and therefore have much respect for them. After hunting an animal, they perform certain ceremonies and rituals which allow for that animal to return to it’s place of origin.<<

Fret, nice answer as usual :k: :k:

From this website:

Eskimo religion was animistic. It imputed spirits, or souls, to most animals and to important features of the landscape.

…] To avoid their hostility, souls of the important subsistence animals - seals, walrus, whales, and polar bears - were propitiated through extensive honorary customs and taboos. For example, one of the most widespread customs was for the hunter’s wife to offer a dead seal a drink of water as a sign of hospitality when her husband brought the carcass to the entryway of the house. In some areas, especially western Alaska, complex annual ceremonies of thanksgiving were performed in honor of the souls of seals and whales.

[_Nazish]

Thanks Nadia

I have been to that site before