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| ▸ | Meqqusaaq | N | Merĸusâĸ | |||
| Miqqusaaq means 'featherlike' or 'that which resembles feather' or 'new or recently grown fur'. A soft pale blue soapstone with featherlike stripes is called 'meqqusaaq' in the Northern Baffin dialect in 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. Likewise 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 came to Greenland during the 1860s with Qillarsuaq's migration from Arctic Canada. Qillarsuaq's sister's son was named Meqqusaaq. In different Greenlandic legends a Meqqusaalik or Meqqisaalik 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). When it begins to storm, they dive under the water and continue their journey. Other names for rock: Ujarak (stone), Suikkaq (stone (also: compact, solid, healthy)). For garments: Kapitak (kayak jacket of sealskin), Tuilik (kayak jacket of sealskin), Kapiseq & Kapitseq (rain coat made of intestines), Qulitsaq (atigeq, a man's skin overcoat of caribou skin with the hairs inward). | ||||||