Anguta


Anguta is the father of the sea goddess Sedna in Inuit mythology. In certain myths of the Greenland Inuit, Anguta is considered the creator god and is the supreme being among the Inuit people. In other myths, Anguta is merely a mortal widower. His name, meaning "man with something to cut", refers to his mutilating of his daughter which ultimately resulted in her godhood, an act he carried out in both myths. Anguta is a psychopomp, ferrying souls from the land of the living to the underworld, called Adlivun, where his daughter rules. Those souls must then sleep there for a year before they go to Qudlivun on the moon where they will enjoy eternal bliss. He is also known as Aguta.