Inuit medicine man

Usage examples of angakok.

Old Akla, the Angakok, or Medicine Man of the village, shook his head when he heard about them.

So she sent Monnie into the igloo of the Angakok, and Menie and Koko into the next huts.

The Angakok was fat, so he could not keep up, but he waddled along as fast as he could.

First she gave one of the hind legs to the wives of the Angakok, because he always had to have the best of everything.

Everybody got stuck, of course, because no one could move until the Angakok did.

The twins crept into the farthest corner of the sleeping bench and watched their father and mother and the Angakok, with their eyes almost popping out of their heads.

At the same moment the two wives gave a great push behind, and the next moment after that, there was the Angakok, still red, and still angry, sitting on the edge of the sleeping bench in the best place near the fire!

The Angakok looked at them as if he thought they had made him stick in the tunnel, and had done it on purpose, too.

After a while the Angakok turned his face to the wall, as he always did when he meant to tell a story or sing a song.

The people believed it, and it may be that the Angakok really believed it himself, though I have some doubt about that.

The Angakok paused and looked around to see if every one was paying attention.

The thought of this was so dreadful that the Angakok paused and wiped his eyes.

The Angakok seemed very much pleased with himself, and he looked about, as if he expected every one else to be pleased with him too.

They had listened to every word about the Old Woman of the Sea, and how the Angakok traveled to the moon.

The last Kesshoo and Koolee heard of the Angakok, was a kind of muffled roar when a piece of ice fell from the top of the tunnel on to his bare back.