Pinga (goddess)
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Caribou Inuit tradition
In Caribou Inuit communities, Pinga had some authority over caribou herds.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". She would become angry if people killed more caribou than they could eat, so Caribou communities were careful not to over-hunt.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pinga was also a psychopomp, receiving the souls of the newly deceased and preparing them for reincarnation.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Angakkuit (shamans) might have seen or communicated with Pinga, or sometimes she may have sent a spirit to speak with them.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Some Caribou Inuit viewed Sila and Pinga as the same or similar, while other communities differentiated between the two.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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