The Tuunbaq is a monstrous spirit bear creature which appears in the novel and AMC TV series The Terror. It is a creation by Dan Simmons, author of the novel, and is possibly based on the Inuit mythology of the Tupilaq, a vengeful spirit that takes the form of both man and animal.

The Tuunbaq is a Inuit Demon, a devourer of souls and eater of flesh. The Tuunbaq is encountered as a large polar bear with an extended if not elongated neck, and is impervious to non-magical weapons.The Tuunbaq can be pacified by the throat singing of a Sixam Ieua (special Inuit shamans), rendering it as close to docile as it can be made.

2024年8月21日 · After the crews of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror become icebound during their expedition in the Canadian Arctic, they are hunted and killed by a “spirit bear” known as the Tuunbaq. In the show,...

2021年1月16日 · It is a prominent mythological creature in Inuit oral history and it is apparently an massive polar bear that is "narrow-bodied and moves fast like a demon". And actually an archeological dig turned up a skull which matched these accounts.

2021年6月1日 · At a most basic level, Tuunbaq is a very literal representation of nature and its dangers in this part of the world. The beast’s inclusion is to have a way for the Arctic environment to kill crewmen in an entertaining way, rather than just see them all freeze or starve to death, which does still happen to many of them.

2023年4月1日 · Monstrous spirit bear creature which appears in the novel and AMC TV series The Terror. Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In.

The shorthand answer is that Franklin's men unwittingly bring on the Tuunbaq's destruction of themselves in two steps: 1) first, by invading its "realm" in that area of the Arctic, and 2) accidentally killing (on the Lt. Gore sledge trip in Episode 2) the shaman who helps restrain it - Lady Silence's father.

I really like Tuunbaq because it adds not only a nice supernatural/monster element, which I personally like, but I think it cranks up the danger of the situation even more. Like, they’re already screwed, but now they’re at risk of disembowelment and …

2018年3月28日 · It is a demon of Inuit Mythology resembling an oversized polar bear with an elongated neck being described as an indestructible killing machine. According to legend it was created by the sea goddess Sedna millennia ago to kill her fellow spirits, with whom she had become angry at.

It is called the Tuunbaq, a demon created millennia ago by the Esquimaux goddess Sedna to kill her fellow spirits, with whom she had become angry. After a war lasting 10,000 years, the other spirits defeated the Tuunbaq, and it turned back on Sedna, who banished it to the Arctic wastes.