Normal persons cannot see the soul, but those endowed with supernatural power can even oblige the spirits to obey them these are the shamans. They believe that all the beings and objects possess a spirit, a soul, which is an appendix of the body and has the same shape, even if smaller. But the most famous Eskimo dwelling was the igloo, a small cupola made of ice blocks skillfully cut and disposed in a spiral the interior, thanks to the skins and the heat of the lamps, resulted comfortable this type of dwelling was used during the hunting expeditions over the ice.Ģ.
EXIMO PEOPLE SKIN
A summer type of dwelling was represented by skin tents very similar to those of the Amerindians. The interior was covered with seal skins and, because of the lamps fueled by seal grease, which delivered enough heat, the temperature was pleasant, even if the air was impure and smelly.
A permanent type, made on the shore, was a hut with stone or flattened soil walls and the roof made of whale ribs used as beams, over which they placed seal skins, covered with soil and moss. The Eskimos made three types of dwellings. The name of Eskimo comes from the languages of the Algonquian Indians, "wiyaskimowok", which means "eaters of raw meat", that's why they prefer to call themselves "Inuit", which means "people" in their language. They are the human population living in the toughest cold conditions, in a polar clime characterized by winters with temperatures of -45o C and strong winds that keep people indoors for days. Inuit (Eskimo) people inhabit a large area on the northern coast of North America, Arctic Archipelago, Greenland and the extreme point of eastern Siberia, on a length of 9,000 km (5,600 mi).
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