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Definition of Angekkoks
1. angekkok [n] - See also: angekkok
Lexicographical Neighbors of Angekkoks
Literary usage of Angekkoks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1837)
"Each of the magicians or angekkoks has also his own guardian spirit, whom he
conjures when consulted in cases of sickness, &c. ..."
2. American Antiquities and Researches Into the Origin and History of the Red Race by Alexander Warfield Bradford (1843)
"J The Esquimaux believe in the existence of a multitude of inferior and evil
spirits, who are exorcised or conciliated by their angekkoks or sorcerers. ..."
3. The Discovery of America by the Northmen, in the Tenth Century, with Notices by North Ludlow Beamish, Carl Christian Rafn (1841)
"... and various means were employed to deter them from the formation of a colony:
the angekkoks or wizards, in particular, seeing their influence endangered ..."
4. Fosteriana, Consisting of Thoughts, Reflections, and Criticisms, of John Foster by John Foster, Henry George Bohn (1858)
"None but the angekkoks, or priests, or enchanters, as they may be denominated,
can make any attempt to get into her presence, and they must be accompanied ..."
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