单词 | angakok |
释义 | angakokn.α. 1800s– angakok, 1700s–1800s angekkok, 1700s– angekok. β. 1700s–1800s angekut, 1900s– angakut, 2000s– angakuit (rare). Among the Inuit of Greenland and parts of Alaska and northern Canada: a man or (less commonly) woman believed to have powers of divination and healing through access to and influence in the world of good and evil spirits; a shaman. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > other angakok1745 pawanga1811 1745 tr. H. Egede Descr. Greenland xiii. 140 Women think themselves happy, if an Angekkok [Dan. Angekkok], or Prophet, will honour them with his Caresses. 1837 G. G. Macdougall tr. W. A. Graah E. Coast Greenland 123 Each angekkok has..his own guardian spirit, or familiar, whom he conjures, and consults as his oracle. 1893 Harper's Young People 15 Aug. 717/1 Kyo, as became a mighty angakok, indulged in frequent seances or trances, during which he came upon the inland ice. 1922 Missionary Rev. of World Mar. 198 If favorably disposed, the Angekok could disclose where the seals were making their blow-holes in the ice. 2007 C. Pratt Encycl. Shamanism I. 23/1 The angakok is also called upon to change the weather, prevent or repair injuries,..and to enhance personal success. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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