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| ▸ | Meqqisaalik | Merĸisâlik | ||||
| Mythological name. Meqqisaalik is a southern Greenlandic variant of Meqqusaalik, which means 'the one wearing something featherlike' or 'that which resembles down or feather' or 'new or recently grown fur'. In different Greenlandic legends a Meqqisaalik or Meqqusaalik is often the main or minor character. In the legend of Qujaavaarsuk, a meqqusaalik is a creature wearing nothing but birdskin garments that a shaman can meet, and when you tear it apart, you acquire the powers of traveling underground (kivingaaq). In another legend, a man named Meqqusaalik meets an umiaq travelling to Akilineq (Canada). He joins them and when it begins to storm, they dive under the water and continue their journey. In Canada, a person wearing a foxskin jacket is called 'miqqusaalik' in the legend of Qallupilluit (the Spirits of the Sea wearing skins of eider ducks as clothes). The name is related to the name Meqqusaaq. A soft pale blue soapstone with featherlike stripes is also called 'miqqusaaq' in the Northern Baffin dialect of Nunavut. Also pottery, lamps or cooking utensils made of out of clay mixed with dog fur, grass and seal blubber cooked over fire is called miqqusaaq in that region. The name Meqqusaaq came to Greenland during the 1860s with Qillarsuaq's migration from Arctic Canada. Qillarsuaq's sister's son was named Meqqusaaq. | ||||||