"Qupqugiaq - Inuit Polar Bear figure" Topic
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Given up for good | 16 Oct 2011 4:28 a.m. PST |
A good way down this page (on Mick Yarrow Miniatures web site) I found Inuit 101:
Not sure how this will get used as I am pretty sure he renounces violence (need to dig my CD up) but did have the ability to lure folk into the water to drown them
The pronunciation by the way is Koop-coo-gi-ack (I think) Andrew Main site: blog.kings-sleep.me.uk |
Chef Lackey Rich | 16 Oct 2011 5:06 a.m. PST |
That's an impressively obscure bit of mythofauna to be made into a mini. What's the "big grinning head" in the pack look like? Like most things Inuit, there's some variation in accepted spelling – IIRC your pronounciation is about right, if you don't emphasis the "g" sound too much and stress the second syllable: link Not so sure about the "renounce violence" bit, which I never heard of outside of the bed-n-breakfast site here: qupq.com Not to be cynical, but that sounds like modern revisionist PC-think to me, not the original mythos, where ten-legged bears were a bogey creature, something you tried to avoid at all costs. It might be a "real" myth, but it sounds more like something aimed at the tourist trade. Interesting modern takes on some other critters: link |
morrigan | 16 Oct 2011 1:33 p.m. PST |
For some reason the first thing I thought of when I looked at that picture was a stretch limo
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Coelacanth1938 | 17 Oct 2011 6:19 a.m. PST |
"I believe in the power of stories to set you free or to destroy you," he says, looking straight at you. "I'm going to tell you the story of the Qupqugiaq." "The Coop-kwa-gin-app?" you say, butchering the pronunciation. "Koop-coo-gi-ack" he corrects you. "Anyway, what is it?" you say. "The Qupqugiaq is a creature that takes the form of a ten-legged polar bear," he says. You are transfixed, not from entertainment, but from the sound of his voice. He continues. "It can also take the form of one of your dead loved ones. You must be careful when you encounter the Qupqugiaq, because its obsidian eyes will hypnotize you. It lures people into the water and drowns them." link link |
billthecat | 19 Oct 2011 1:44 p.m. PST |
Oh, You mean Quoyoupouyggiaqurq!
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Kaptain Kobold | 01 Jun 2012 5:43 a.m. PST |
Sorry to necro-post but: "What's the "big grinning head" in the pack look like?" I haven't seen the figure, but it sounds like Kajutaijuq, a female evil spirit that basically consists of a big head on a pair of stumpy legs. I modelled by own for my 15mm Inuit HOTT army, using a rather obvious action figure as the basis: link |
SirFjodin | 21 Aug 2013 4:39 a.m. PST |
OW MY! How weird! Really COOL creature. Just made an order :) |
Joes Shop | 21 Aug 2013 5:07 a.m. PST |
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SirFjodin | 21 Aug 2013 6:16 a.m. PST |
My Inuits needs something to fight
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HarryHotspurEsq | 23 Aug 2013 6:04 a.m. PST |
Now that is a great wee Inuit! |
GOTHIC LINE MINIATURES | 24 Aug 2013 7:50 a.m. PST |
Nice Inuit? Nanook nono ? |
Zephyr1 | 24 Aug 2013 2:46 p.m. PST |
"When Quinn the Eskimo gets here
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