angutaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Anguta is the father of the sea goddess Sedna in Inuit mythology. In certain myths, Anguta, also called "His Father" is considered the creator-god and is the supreme being among of the Inuit people. In other myths, however, Anguta is merely a mortal widower. His name, meaning "man with something to cut," refers to his mutilating of his daughter which ultimately resulted in her godhood, an act he carried out in both myths. Anguta is a psychopomp, ferrying souls from the land of the living to the underworld, where his daughter rules, called Adlivun. Those souls must then sleep there for a year. He is also known as Aguta.