Sedna Inuit Goddess of Healing and Transfiguration Reproduction on Canvas

Goddess Sedna, Inuit Goddess from the Arctic regions of Canada, Alaska, Russia, and Greenland.

Her native name is Nuliayuk or Taluliyuk , and she is known as the Mother of the Sea. Healing and transfiguration (a complete change of form or appearance into a more beautiful or spiritual state).. Goddess Sedna’s story is one of tragedy, and betrayal that leads to the creation of new life. Sedna resides with her dog at the bottom of the sea where she fell as a young woman after her father cut off all of her fingers to save himself as she struggled to hang on to his boat for her life, as she sank into the depths of the Ocean, all marine animals were born from where her wounds.

Sedna’s story
Sedna was a beautiful woman who was not keen on marriage. However, she had many interested suitors, and her father was especially interested in one rich man who promised he would give her a wonderful life on his faraway island. However, it turned out he lied, and he was an evil bird-spirit, and Sedna lived in horrible conditions, he was abusive to her and kept her hostage, unable to return to her family.
When her father heard what was happening, he went to rescue her in his small boat to bring her home. As they tried to escape, her husband came after them in the form of a bird and flapped his huge wings to cause waves that shook the boat, terrifying both father and daughter. And when Sedna refused to return to him, her father, frightened by the storm, frantically pushed her off of the boat, as Sedna hung on, clutching the side of the boat in the dark, cold and salty sea, her faithful dog jumped into the water after her and her father took his knife, and chopped off her fingers. As soon as he did so, and Sedna fell away from the boat and into the icy waters, the sea grew calm. As Sedna sank to the bottom of the Ocean, the trail of blood soon began to become sea animals, fish, seals, and walruses, even Sedna herself turned into a mermaid. She lives in the depths of the Ocean with her dog, and some say, with her father too.

Life, beauty and sustenance poured out from her wounds in the form of all of the marine animals. She became a Goddess and a mermaid, a creatrix. The Inuit count on Sedna for all their needs, and when things are challenging, they ask for help frpm the Angakok (a shaman in Inuit society) who will enter into a trance to travel to the bottom of the Ocean and meet with the Goddess herself. The Angakok will comb Sedna’s hair, braiding it with tender loving care to soothe her anger, which results from the pain she still carries in her heart, and she allows for peace in the community, and for her animals to make themselves available to the hunters to provide for all.

Sedna reminds us that we have the ability to heal from horribly traumatic events, and transcend into a new life, not only healing ourselves, but creating beautiful life which is of benefit to others too. She brings hope for what is to come during the darkest times, and she reminds us that even when it appears that all is lost, we can heal, and we can rise up to create new life from all the torn, and wounded places. She also reminds us it is OK to be angry, and encourages us to find ways in which we can help soothe ourselves back into calm.

Our experiences help us become who we are meant to be, emerging fully empowered, not only for our own benefit, but for those around us, reaching out far and wide as a beacon of love. Call on Sedna to help you navigate through rough waters, she is there for you when you are facing challenges, find yourself in despair, in emergencies, and for healing from emotional wounding and loss.