TYPE: Supreme being
ORIGIN: Eskimo
INFORMATION: The master of the tornat the group of controlling deities. He is essentially benevolent and can be communicated with though the individual tornak of a shaman. His home is in the underworld in the land of souls. He is described as being of vague appearance, possibly in the guise of a huge bear, though in Greenland Eskimo tradition he lives in the sea, appearing as a large fat seal with long tentacles (i.e., possibly a cuttlefish). He devours the souls of those he can capture. With the introduction of Christianity he was syncretized with the devil.