Kikituk

A kikituk is an animal carving or effigy that serves as an object of power and symbolizes a shaman's animalistic spirit in the Inuit religion.

[1] The kikituk is used as a spiritual weapon, whereby a shaman brings the effigy to life and casts it towards their target.

[3] Sometimes the kikituk is referred to as a specific type of sea-faring reptile that hunts humans.

[4] In the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, the kikituk is a kind of golem made from an intact whale skeleton.

[5] This article relating to a myth or legend from North America is a stub.

Three kikituk carvings at the University of Alaska Museum of the North