The scientists found some weird bacteria or chemical that causes hallucinations, and now the mining company has drilled into the place where that thing is, and it is seeping into the water causing mass hallucinations.
that's my guess. my partner is like "NOOO IT'S MAGIC STOP NOOO"
if it is hallucinations they're going to affect people in different ways! rose sees her dead husband, the native women hear the voices of their ancestors out on the ice, like people's given religious/spiritual beliefs will actively affect what they see when they hallucinate. i haven't watched ep 4 yet (i know what happens) but i'm really excited for the last two!
She's not sedna. If she's sedna then they needed to ask any of the Inuits on set what was up. At best her treatment of her sister is an analogue to the way the angakkoq cares for the ocean goddess and washes away the filth left by others.
The missing fingers definitely says ocean goddess. But the main character has a caring role in which she quite literally grooms (Not in the negative meaning) her sister as a response to outside influence. Which screams angakkoq if we're looking at ocean goddess imagery.
She herself isn't mutilated, nor does she provide for the town materially.
The dog connection is clever, but I don't know if she marries a dog in the inupiat version of the tale. Tbh my only knowledge of the tale is as Arnaqquassaaq.
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that's my guess. my partner is like "NOOO IT'S MAGIC STOP NOOO"
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if it is hallucinations they're going to affect people in different ways! rose sees her dead husband, the native women hear the voices of their ancestors out on the ice, like people's given religious/spiritual beliefs will actively affect what they see when they hallucinate. i haven't watched ep 4 yet (i know what happens) but i'm really excited for the last two!
She's not sedna. If she's sedna then they needed to ask any of the Inuits on set what was up. At best her treatment of her sister is an analogue to the way the angakkoq cares for the ocean goddess and washes away the filth left by others.
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The missing fingers definitely says ocean goddess. But the main character has a caring role in which she quite literally grooms (Not in the negative meaning) her sister as a response to outside influence. Which screams angakkoq if we're looking at ocean goddess imagery. She herself isn't mutilated, nor does she provide for the town materially.
The dog connection is clever, but I don't know if she marries a dog in the inupiat version of the tale. Tbh my only knowledge of the tale is as Arnaqquassaaq.
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