Mysterious Sacred ‘Sign Posts’ Of The Inuit People

MessageToEagle.com – The mysterious stone figures known as Inukshuk can be found throughout far northern areas of Alaska, Canada, Siberia, and Greenland.
Inukshuk, the singular of inuksuit, means “in the likeness of a human” in the Inuit language.

They are monuments made of unworked stones that are used by the Inuit for communication and survival.

The traditional meaning of the Inukshuk is “Someone was here” or “You are on the right path.”

For the Inuit people living in the circumpolar regions, Inukshuk arrangement of stones, especially its arms and legs, indicates the purpose of the marker.

It has many different meanings such as navigation or to mark a place of respect or memorial for a beloved person, or to indicate migration routes and places where fish can be found.

Inukshuk – among the oldest and most important objects placed by humans upon the vast Arctic landscape – are a sacred symbol. The figure is the Inuit symbol of their homeland and these people tradition forbids the destruction of inuksuit.

An inukshuk (also known as inuksuk) is often venerated as symbolizing an ancestor who knew how to survive on the land in the traditional way.

An inukshuk can be small or large, a single rock, several rocks balanced on each other, round boulders or flat. Built from whatever stones are at hand, each one is unique.

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