Facts about Sedna, Inuit Goddess

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   Sedna's hair, matted and tangled from neglect beneath the sea, had to be combed by shamans during trance rituals to restore marine animal abundance.

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   Inuit shamans traditionally performed rituals to appease Sedna, believing she controlled the availability of sea mammals essential for survival.

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   The dwarf planet Sedna, discovered in 2003, was named after this Inuit sea goddess by its discoverers Mike Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz.

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   A common origin myth describes Sedna as a young woman whose fingers were severed while clinging to a kayak, with each finger transforming into a different sea creature.

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   In Inuit mythology, Sedna is the goddess of the sea and marine animals, believed to live at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean.

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