proverb · Legacy record
May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart.
May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Warmth at home, oil for a lamp and peace in the heart make a wish for shelter, useful provision and inner calm. The blessing joins material and emotional comfort.
What the words are saying
The specific dwelling and lamp are source images rather than evidence of a uniform way of life. A useful reading can appreciate the combination without supplying building or fuel instructions or promising that material resources ensure peace. The anthology label is not independently verified origin.
Everyday example
A reader notices that the blessing values both practical comfort and a peaceful inner life.
When to use it
Use it to explain the linked wishes without turning them into operational advice.
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What it does not mean
No guaranteed calm, housing procedure or independently verified community custom is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 26; PDF page 11; collection label: Eskimo
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Eskimo