Tales of a traveling zoologist, with a sharp sense of style and an even sharper intellect. Ermantrude is the muse of the designer Charlotte Linton www.charlottelinton.com

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January 17, 2012

The weird and wonderful Tupilak’s - carved statuettes, made of animal bone pull their best grotesque and yet comical pose. In Greenlandic Mythology, Tuipilak’s are misfortune bringing creatures of the spirit world. The Tupilek would sneak up on its victims,  and either swam in the water, flew in the air or crept along the ground, it is usually furnished with a human face and the body of an animal. They emerged in their pictorial form as a way to illustrate the concept to the colonial Danes and soon became desired souvenirs.    

The weird and wonderful Tupilak’s - carved statuettes, made of animal bone pull their best grotesque and yet comical pose.

In Greenlandic Mythology, Tuipilak’s are misfortune bringing creatures of the spirit world. The Tupilek would sneak up on its victims,  and either swam in the water, flew in the air or crept along the ground, it is usually furnished with a human face and the body of an animal. They emerged in their pictorial form as a way to illustrate the concept to the colonial Danes and soon became desired souvenirs.