Pinga watches over Qudlivun, the celestial paradise, from her sky realm. She guides worthy souls upward to this land of eternal light and abundance after death.
Pinga guides worthy souls out of Adlivun after their purification, directing them upward toward the celestial realm. She watches over the transition from the underworld to the sky paradise above.
Pinga watches over the caribou and the souls of the living. Amarok culls weak and sick caribou from the herds, maintaining the balance that Pinga oversees.
Pinga watches over the souls of the living, while Anguta receives them at death. When a person dies, their soul passes from Pinga's guardianship into Anguta's care for the journey to Adlivun.
Anningan's monthly lunar cycle governs fertility, and Pinga watches over the souls of all living beings. Both deities are concerned with the continuation of life — Anningan through conception, Pinga through the care of souls.
Pinga watches over the souls of the living, including those the Ijiraq target. As guardian of life, Pinga opposes the shadow people's abductions, protecting the inua of children and travelers they seek to lead astray.
Pinga watches over the inua of all living beings, ensuring that animal souls are treated with proper respect by hunters. As guardian of life and souls, she enforces the spiritual obligations that the inua concept demands.
Malina illuminates the sky realm where Pinga watches over the souls of the living. Pinga guides worthy souls upward through the sunlit heavens toward the celestial paradise that Malina's torch makes radiant.
Pinga watches over the caribou and the living. Nanook watches over the polar bears. Both ensure the proper spiritual relationship between hunters and game, and both punish disrespect toward the animals they protect.
Pinga watches over the souls of the living, including the children that Qalupalik threatens. As guardian of life, Pinga opposes the creature's predation, protecting the inua of those who might be snatched beneath the ice.
Pinga guides virtuous souls to the sky realm after death, while Sedna receives souls in her undersea house. Together they govern the two principal afterlife destinations in Inuit cosmology.
Pinga watches over the caribou and the souls of the living. Every living being draws breath from Sila, and Pinga protects the living souls that Sila's breath sustains.
Pinga watches over the souls of the living, while Torngarsuk governs the spirit realm that overlaps with the living world. Shamans empowered by Torngarsuk serve as intermediaries between Pinga's living charges and the spirit world.
Pinga watches over the souls of caribou that Tuktu embodies. When caribou are hunted, Pinga ensures their inua are treated with respect so the animals' spirits can return through rebirth.
Tulugaak created the conditions for life that Pinga now watches over. The raven's gift of light and survival knowledge made possible the living world that the goddess of the hunt protects.
Pinga watches over the living souls that tupilait are sent to destroy. When a spirit construct claims a life, the soul passes from Pinga's guardianship into the realm of the dead.
Shamans use tuurngait to communicate with Pinga, the goddess who watches over the living. The helping spirits enable the angakkuq to reach Pinga's celestial realm and petition her regarding the welfare of souls.
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