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Tupilaq

from Thaw by Ste van Holm

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Whenever you go to souvenir shops in Greenland, you’ll see numerous bizarre creatures carved out of reindeer antler called tupilaks. These have nothing in common with the tupilaq from greenlandic folklore. The real tupilaq was a spiritual killing machine made of various animal parts and something from the victim. The creature were called to life by a secret chant and were only visible to shamans. It would only disappear if the victim was murdered unless the victim was strong enough to turn it on it’s creator.

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Reindeer antler
Paw from fox
Claw from grouse
Beak from gull
Baby skull
Moss and leather straps
Semen from the man
Who did me
Wrong

Invisible creature
Swim away
Do your deed
And perish

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from Thaw, released September 27, 2019

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Ste van Holm Copenhagen, Denmark

Ste van Holm (born Stefan Holm, 1977) is a Danish musician and composer.
His musical upbringing came from British rock acts of the 70s like Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield, Genesis and Peter Gabriel, Alan Parsons Project, Brian Eno and King Crimson, but also from electronic acts like Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, Vangelis and Klaus Schønning and more contemporary names like Massive Attack. ... more

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