The provided sources do not include a primary ethnographic origin myth for Tarqeq. Fragmentary lexical and secondary summaries indicate that forms such as Tatqeq (Netsilik) and Tarqiup inua (Iglulik) function as the general word for the moon or to specify the moon-spirit; one secondary summary relates a chase motif pairing Seqinek (Sun) and Tarqeq (Moon) in which Tarqeq's torch (the moon) is partially extinguished during pursuit. Beyond such secondary summaries and lexical citations, no detailed origin narrative is attested in the supplied material.
Traditional/ethnographic descriptions of the moon-spirit's physical or anthropomorphic appearance are not recorded in the provided sources. A modern fantasy/roleplaying source personifies Tarqeq with character traits, but this is explicitly non-ethnographic. Separately, the astronomical Tarqeq (Saturn LII) is described in scientific sources as an irregular prograde satellite roughly six kilometres in diameter and roughly ellipsoidal in shape; this physical description refers to the named Saturnian moon, not to the Inuit spirit.
The sourced material attributes to the Inuit Tarqeq a domainal association with the Moon and observable lunar phenomena (phases, eclipses) insofar as the name denotes the moon or its spirit. Secondary summaries recount narrative roles—such as participation in a chase motif with the sun (Seqinek) that explains partial illumination of the moon—but primary ethnographic sources detailing specific powers, interventions, or ritual functions are not provided in the supplied documents. Astronomical data (orbital period, semi-major axis, rotation) describe the physical satellite named Tarqeq and are not claims about the spirit's abilities.
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A'akuluujjusi
A'akuluujjusi is an Inuit primordial creator mother who fashioned the non-human animals and adjusted their physical traits so they could be hunted by people.
Adlet
A category of non-human peoples in Inuit narrative tradition (also rendered Erqigdlet/Irqigdlit) that functions both as a mythic ancestor-race and as dog‑legged antagonists; the term can denote inland native American peoples or half‑canine humanoids depending on regional usage.
Agloolik
Agloolik (Inuktitut: ᐊᒡᓗᓕᒃ) is an Inuit spirit that dwells beneath Arctic sea ice and functions as a tutelary guardian of seals. Hunters and fishermen petition Agloolik for success; prayers before fishing are said to bring blessings of prey.
Ahkiyyini
Ahkiyyini is described in available sources as a skeleton spirit in Inuit folklore, called "the ghost of Alaska" in one account. Accounts report that his movements and the music made with his bones cause tidal waves, earthquakes, and could overturn boats.
Aipaloovik
Aipaloovik is an Inuit sea-associated supernatural being described in available sources as an evil or dangerous water deity linked to death and hazard for fishermen. The figure is described as the opposite of the being Anguta; beyond this brief characterization the cited sources provide no detailed myths, appearance, or ritual corpus.
Akhlut
An Inuit composite, shape‑changing animal‑spirit described in early ethnographic accounts as an orca that can become a wolf on land (and sometimes depicted in later popular media as a wolf‑orca hybrid). Associated with the seashore and ice edge along the Bering Sea, it is portrayed as powerful and dangerous in the cited sources.
Akna
Akna is a female figure named in modern secondary sources as associated with childbirth and motherhood. The provided materials conflate brief mentions linking the name to both Maya and Inuit maternal goddesses; primary Maya iconographic or epigraphic evidence for a distinct Maya Akna is not supplied in the sources.
Akycha
Akycha is identified in the supplied sources as a solar goddess in Inuit mythology. The available materials attest the name and classification but provide no further narrative, iconographic, or ritual detail.
Alignak
Alignak is named in modern reference works as an Inuit deity associated with the moon and with dynamic natural phenomena such as weather, water, tides, eclipses, and earthquakes. The available sources provide only terse domain associations and do not supply narrative, iconographic, or ritual detail.
Amaguq
Amaguq is an Iñupiaq term for 'wolf' that in modern summaries and secondary sources is presented as a wolf spirit or trickster capable of shapeshifting between wolf and humanlike modes. Available sources are brief popular or tertiary accounts; detailed traditional narratives and rituals are not documented in the provided material.
Amarok
In Greenlandic Inuit tradition the Amarok (also Amaroq) is a singular, gigantic wolf-like spirit said to hunt alone and to interact powerfully with humans: stalking and devouring lone nocturnal hunters, wresting with humans to bestow strength in Rink's tales, and — in another tale — dragging a humanoid from the water and taking a mourner's soul. The term in some dialects is reserved for this legendary wolf, while other Arctic peoples may use the word for ordinary wolves.
Amautalik
Amautalik is a child‑stealing ogress from Inuit folktale collections and modern retellings. Presented in story collections, illustrated books, graphic novels, and short films, she functions as a monstrous threat who carries away children and haunts communities, and whom protagonists overcome through luck, courage, and ancestral knowledge.
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