tornasuk
deityTornasuk groenlandicus—Supreme elder devil of the ice
The supreme elder devil to whom the degenerate Eskimo cult of Greenland addressed queer hereditary rituals, besides nameless rites and human sacrifices.
Among the degenerate Eskimos of Greenland there were, besides nameless rites and human sacrifices, certain queer hereditary rituals addressed to a supreme elder devil or tornasuk.
Professor Webb took a careful phonetic copy of such a ritual from an aged angekok or wizard-priest, expressing the sounds in Roman letters as best he knew how.
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“Besides nameless rites and human sacrifices there were certain queer hereditary rituals addressed to a supreme elder devil or tornasuk; and of this Professor Webb had taken a careful phonetic copy from an aged angekok or wizard-priest, expressing the sounds in Roman letters as best he knew how.”
The Call of Cthulhu (1928) — Chapter 2, The Tale of Inspector Legrasse