Editing Inuit religion (section)

=={{lang|iu|Tuurngait}}==
Some spirits have never been connected to physical bodies. These are called '''{{lang|iu|tuurngait}}''' (also {{lang|iu|tornait}}, {{lang|iu|[[tornat]]}}, {{lang|iu|tornrait}}, singular '''{{lang|iu|tuurngaq}}''', {{lang|iu|torngak}}, [[tornrak]], {{lang|iu|tarngek}}) and "are often described as a shaman's helping spirits, whose nature depends on the respective {{lang|iu|angakkuq}}".<ref name="Neuhaus 2000:48">[[#Neuhaus|Neuhaus 2000]]:48</ref> Helpful spirits can be called upon in times of need and "are there to help people", as explained by Inuit elder Victor Tungilik.<ref name="Neuhaus 2000:48"/> Some {{lang|iu|tuurngait}} are evil, monstrous, and responsible for bad hunts and broken tools. They can possess humans, as recounted in the story of {{lang|iu|[[Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner|Atanarjuat]]|italic=no}}. An {{lang|iu|angakkuq}} with good intentions can use them to heal sickness and find animals to hunt and feed the community. They can fight or exorcise bad {{lang|iu|tuurngait}}, or they can be held at bay by rituals; However, an {{lang|iu|angakkuq}} with harmful intentions can also use {{lang|iu|tuurngait}} for their own personal gain, or to attack other people and their {{lang|iu|tuurngait}}.

Though once {{lang|iu|tuurngaq}} simply meant "killing spirit", it has, with [[Christianization|Christianisation]], taken on the meaning of a [[demon]] in the Christian belief system.