Kikituk
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A kikituk is an animal carving or effigy that serves as an object of power and symbolizes a shaman's animalistic spirit in the Inuit religion.[1] The kikituk is used as a spiritual weapon, whereby a shaman brings the effigy to life and casts it towards their target.[2] The kikituk is said to then destroy the opponent's heart and wait to be retrieved.[3]
The animals represented by the kikituk are often meant to be weasel-like.[3] Sometimes the kikituk is referred to as a specific type of sea-faring reptile that hunts humans.[4]
In popular culture
[edit | edit source]In the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, the kikituk is a kind of golem made from an intact whale skeleton.[5]
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