A Mahaha is a devil with penetrating white eyes and touch so cold that it can freeze people to death. The monster is a big part of many Inuit stories, and it is usually shown as being naughty, giggling evilly, and taking joy in people’s death. If you hate being tickled, you might not like this demon. It is often called Mahaha the Tickler, and in many stories, the Mahaha gets great pleasure from killing people with its long claws by tickling them to death. Inuit seniors say that everyone killed by Mahaha has the same look when they die: a frozen smile of pain.

In one Inuit story, if you want to beat the Mahaha, you must outsmart it. Aboriginal people inside the Arctic region were scared of the Mahaha, so they devised a plan to trick it. They got the demon to come to water and made it bend over to drink. When the Mahaha turned over, the native people tried to push the devil into the water, where strong currents carried it away. The Mahaha is a weird-looking creature with long, scaly arms and legs and icy blue skin. It has white eyes that are very sharp and look right into your soul. This same mahaha is a skinny but strong demon with long, tangled black hair hanging from its head.