Jawnomicon

Qiqion

Also called Qiqirn.

Qiqion, better known by its Baffin Island Inuit name Qiqirn, is a huge, nearly hairless spectral dog whose gaze brings on convulsions and who is itself terrified of the people it stalks.

At a glance

Tradition
Inuit mythology
Region
Nunavut (place of origin)Arctic (place of origin)
Trait family
The Stone-Gazers

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Traits

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Form

Behaviour

  • Shy elusive avoids humans
    why

    The creature is nonetheless described as cowardly toward people — it flees if a person calls out its name or advances on it boldly, so the recorded defense against it is confrontation rather than avoidance.

Sight and sound

  • Large footprints left behind
    why

    or in some accounts merely crosses its tracks, is said to fall into violent convulsions resembling a seizure

Omens

  • Danger in mere glimpse
    why

    What is consistently attributed to Qiqion is a single dangerous effect: anyone, human or dog, who sees it directly, or in some accounts merely crosses its tracks, is said to fall into violent convulsions resembling a seizure.

Offensive powers

  • Fatal or maddening gaze
    why

    What is consistently attributed to Qiqion is a single dangerous effect: anyone, human or dog, who sees it directly, or in some accounts merely crosses its tracks, is said to fall into violent convulsions resembling a seizure.

Roles

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