Culture+and+Myths

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 * For the Inuit people, storytelling, mythology, and dancing still remain important parts of culture. Family and community are also very important to the Inuit, including the Copper Inuit.
 * The Copper Inuit, an Arctic people, are closely connected to nature, with the traditional beliefs that every being has a spirit and must be treated with respect.
 * Among these beliefs, shamanism plays a large role in the culture of the Copper Inuit
 * The Inuit cultural identity is largely based on how Inuit culture is perceived as vastly different from other cultures rather than those particulars within.
 * Some Inuit people are much more conscious about displaying their Inuit identity than others.
 * Inuits share foods in mass quantities
 * partake in breathing-hole (mauliqtoq) sealing; would do that in winter + would spend summer inland caribou hunting + fishing
 * Although not directly relating to the Copper Inuit, an example of myths as believed by the Inuit people, largely in relation to environmental surroundings, is as follows. Malina is the Sun goddess of the Inuit people who live in Greenland. They believe the following myth:
 * Malina and her brother, the Moon god Anningan, lived together; got into a terrible fight and Malina spread dirty, black grease all over her brother's face. I n fear, she ran as far as she could into the sky and became the Sun; Anningan chased after her and became the Moon. Anningan often forgets to eat, so he gets thinner as the days go by. Every month, the Moon disappears for three days while Anningan eats; he then returns to chase his sister once again. This eternal chase makes the Sun alternate in the sky with the Moon