In Inuit mythology, Inua or Inuat refers to a sort of soul which exists in all people, animals, lakes, mountains and plants. They were sometimes personified in mythology. The concept is similar to mana.
The Inuit call their spirits 'Inua' which has been generally translated as 'owner' of nature, but it is owner in the metaphysical sense.
As one Inuit put it, an inua is an 'essential existing force' of a physical phenomenon that causes it to be what it is. They are also beings, that is, they think, they have emotions and they act.
These inua were granted enormous respect, as they could direct their host animals either towards or away from a hunter.
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