Imm-man-YAR-OK: n. Inupiat (polar Alaskan native) word for the 'Little People', spirits manifested as inexplicable lights you see on the tundra in polar winter; lights that you mustn't follow, lest they lead you into danger...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Immanjarok and the Shaman's Ghost
The other night, lights on a crane reminded me of Alaska's "Immmanjarok", the little people who trick you into disaster by luring you with lights (Mom tells me that in Germany they're called "irrlichter" or "mad lights")...After posting a blog about it here (see earlier post) I expanded the story to include the episode of the shaman's ghost, just as I was trekking back into Barrow, right around this time last year...I've submitted it at Traveling Stories online magazine, if you're interested.
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