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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. The kikituk is used as a spiritual weapon, whereby a shaman brings the effigy to life and casts it towards their target. The kikituk is said to then destroy the opponent's heart and wait to be retrieved.

The animals represented by the kikituk are often meant to be weasel-like. Sometimes the kikituk is referred to as a specific type of sea-faring reptile that hunts humans.

In popular culture

In the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, the kikituk is a kind of golem made from an intact whale skeleton.

References

1. Lyon, William S. Encyclopedia of Native American Healing. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-393-31735-0. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
2. VanStone, James W. (1990). "The Nordenskiöld Collection of Eskimo Material Culture from Port Clarence, Alaska". Fieldiana. Anthropology (14): i–56. ISSN 0071-4739. JSTOR 29782575. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
3. ^ Vitebsky, Piers. Shamanism. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8061-3328-7. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
4. McNeil Jr, Donald G. (29 April 2003). "Dragons, a Brief History Long in Miles". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
5. Jacobs, James (2017). Bestiary 6. Redmond, WA: Paizo Inc. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-60125-931-8.

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