Those killed by a tupilak descend to Adlivun, the underworld realm of the dead. The spirit construct fulfills its creator's vengeance, delivering its victim's soul to the cold realm beneath the earth.
Anguta ferries the souls of those slain by tupilait to Adlivun. The vengeful construct ends a life, and the psychopomp carries the victim's soul on the final journey to the underworld.
A tupilak is animated by an inua breathed into the construct through ritual chanting. This artificial spirit essence gives the assembled bones and materials a malevolent life and drives it to seek its designated target.
In his wanderings across the Arctic, Kiviuq encounters hostile shamanic magic including tupilait sent against him. The great hero's spiritual power allows him to survive attacks that would destroy ordinary hunters.
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.
Tupilait are often sent across the sea to reach distant enemies, traveling through waters under Sedna's dominion. A tupilak powerful enough to cross the ocean demonstrates its creator's formidable shamanic ability.
Tupilait travel through Sila's atmosphere and across its frozen landscape to reach their targets. The avenging constructs must navigate Sila's world to fulfill the destructive purpose their creators have given them.
Torngarsuk judges shamans who create tupilait to destroy enemies. The misuse of shamanic power to fashion vengeful spirit constructs risks Torngarsuk's wrath and the withdrawal of helping spirits.
Shamans use their tuurngait to animate tupilait and to defend against those sent by rival angakkuit. The helping spirits provide both the power to create these constructs and the ability to detect incoming ones.
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