Thursday, May 13, 2010

The Inuit had a myth explaining the rising and setting of the moon and sun, and the phases of the moon.

In the myth, sun goddess Malina and moon god Anningan are the children of Jupiter. Malina threw mud in her brother's face, resulting in him chasing her across the sky. Malina wants to stay as far away as possible from Anningan; this is why the sun and moon rise and set at different times. Anningan forgets to eat, so he gets skinnier and skinnier until he must stop to eat. This is how the waxing and waning of the moon. When Anningan began to get skinny, the moon was waning. When he stopped, the moon became a New Moon.

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