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  • He had been brought up to believe that every rock and boulder had its owner (its inua), who was generally a one-eyed kind of a Woman-Thing called a tornaq, and that when a tornaq meant to help a man she rolled after him inside her stone house, and asked him whether he would take her for a guardian spirit.

    The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Kotuko heard the blood beating in his ears as he had heard it all day, and he thought that was the tornaq of the stone speaking to him.

    The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • He would declare that he heard the tornaq growling to him, and would run wildly up a hummock, tossing his arms and speaking in loud, threatening tones.

    The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Kotuko insisted that the tornaq of the stone had told him to go north, and north they went under Tuktuqdjung the Reindeer -- those stars that we call the Great Bear.

    The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Kotuko, whose eyes were burning like fire-balls in his head, told her that his tornaq was following them across the snow in the shape of a two-headed dog.

    The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • To-morrow I go out, and the tornaq will guide me. "

    The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900

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