Editing Narwhal (section)

=== Inuit ===

Narwhals have been hunted by [[Inuit]] to the same extent as other sea mammals, such as [[Pinniped|seals]] and [[whale]]s. Almost all parts of the narwhal{{emdash}}the meat, skin, blubber and organs{{emdash}}are consumed. {{Lang|iu|Muktuk}}, the raw skin and attached blubber, is considered a delicacy. As a custom, one or two vertebrae per animal are used for tools and [[Inuit art|art]].<ref name="WinterWhales" /><ref name="hoover" /> The skin is an important source of [[vitamin C]], which is otherwise difficult to obtain in the Arctic Circle. In some places in Greenland, such as [[Qaanaaq]], traditional hunting methods are used and whales are [[harpoon]]ed from handmade [[kayaks]]. In other parts of Greenland and Northern Canada, [[motorboat|high-speed boat]]s and [[hunting rifle]]s are used.<ref name="WinterWhales" />

In [[Inuit religion|Inuit legend]], the narwhal's tusk was created when a woman with harpoon rope tied around her waist was dragged into the ocean after the harpoon had stuck into a large narwhal. She was then [[shapeshifting|transformed]] into a narwhal; her hair, which she was wearing in a [[Braid (hairstyle)|twisted knot]], became the spiralling narwhal tusk.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bastian |first1=Dawn Elaine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IsyQu1kDK-kC |title=Handbook of Native American Mythology |last2=Mitchell |first2=Judy K. |date=2004 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=1-85109-533-0 |pages=54–55 |language=en}}</ref>