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Kereˊtkun

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/keːreːtkuːn/ imputed
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  • 1-317 fall ceremonial. They believe that the sea-god Kereˊtkun and his wife wear
  • 1-317 Kereˊtkun, the whole family, down to the small children, don this garment in
  • 2-015 names of the sea-god Kereˊtkun. It is told that the latter, when ascending
  • 2-042 The chief “Beings of the Sea” are Kereˊtkun and his wife, who is
  • 2-042 connection with this garment, Kereˊtkun is sometimes called Peruˊten³ (“one
  • 2-043 clad in walrus-gut”). Kereˊtkun owns all sea-game, especially walrus. When
  • 2-043 Eskimo are, for the most part, consecrated to Kereˊtkun. To simulate the
  • 2-043 Kereˊtkun and his wife are represented

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