Maria Bach Kreutzmann was born and bred in Nuuk, and has been fascinated by monsters ever since she was a little girl. She has used Greenlandic mythology and all its colourful creatures in many of her personal projects and has long dreamt of sharing Greenlandic stories in a new and unique way. She graduated from the Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark, in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics Art. Since then she has worked in the gaming and advertising industry in Denmark and the UK. In January 2017 she moved back to Nuuk, and has since then worked on the Greenlandic film, culture, and literature scene as an illustrator and project manager with her company, Glaciem House.

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Maria Bach Kreutzmann was born and bred in Nuuk, and has been fascinated by monsters ever since she was a little girl. She has used Greenlandic mythology and all its colourful creatures in many of her personal projects and has long dreamt of sharing Greenlandic stories in a new and unique way. She graduated from the Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark, in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics Art. Since then she has worked in the gaming and advertising industry in Denmark and the UK. In January 2017 she moved back to Nuuk, and has since then worked on the Greenlandic film, culture, and literature scene as an illustrator and project manager with her company, Glaciem House.

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Maria Bach Kreutzmann was born and bred in Nuuk, and has been fascinated by monsters ever since she was a little girl. She has used Greenlandic mythology and all its colourful creatures in many of her personal projects and has long dreamt of sharing Greenlandic stories in a new and unique way. She graduated from the Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark, in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics Art. Since then she has worked in the gaming and advertising industry in Denmark and the UK. In January 2017 she moved back to Nuuk, and has since then worked on the Greenlandic film, culture, and literature scene as an illustrator and project manager with her company, Glaciem House.

• 8 Preface by Maria Bach Kreutzmann10 A brief history of Greenland by Ujammiugaq EngellA17 AAJUMAAQ18 AASSIK20 AAVERPAK21 AJAQQISAAQ22 AKUEQQUTIT24 ALLAQ24 ALLIARUTSIT26 AMAARSISARTOQ29 AMAROQ30 AMU33 ANGIUT34 ANINGAAQ37 ANNGIAQ38 AQAJARORMIORSIORTOQ39 ARPATTUT41 ASIAQ42 ASSAGISSATE45 EQALUSSUAQ46 EQQILLIT49 EQUNGASOQ50 ERLAVEERSINIOOQI53 IGALILIK54 IKKIILLINEQANNGEQQISSAARTOQ55 IKUSIK55 ILLUKOQ57 IMMAP NANUA58 INNERSUIT & ALLIARUTSIT61 INNERSUIT TAARTAAT62 INORROOQ64 INORUTSIT65 INUARAKASIK66 INUARULLIKKAT67 INUSSUAQ SAARNGIINNAQ68 ISEQQAT70 ITTUKUK71 KATSIIA72 KIIAPPA75 KILIFFAK76 KISERMAAQ77 KUKIFFAAJOOQ78 KUUPAJEEQM79 MAKAKAJUIT81 MALIINAN82 NALAARSIK85 NAPPAASILAT87 NATTAANNGUAQ88 NEQIKITSULIAQ89 NERRERSUUTP91 PARPALIGAMIK UNIAKATTALIKQ95 QAJARIAQ96 QAMALLARLUTIK98 QAQQAT NAALAGAAT100 QARLIMAATSOQ103 QIVITTUT104 QULLERMIUT107 QUNGUSSUTARIAQS108 SASSUMA ARNAA113 SERMILISSUAQ114 SERMIP INUAT116 TARRAJAARSUIT118 TIMERSIIT119 TOORNAARSUK121 TUNIT122 TUPILAKU126 UERSAT INUAT129 UMIARISSAT130 Shamans, witches and witchcraft by Robin Fenrir Mansa Hillestrøm136 Alternative names and spellings140 Glossary142 The team behind the book156 Bibliography