Anningan
Inuit · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
The Moon Man; brother who eternally pursues his sister the Sun (Siqiniq/Malina) across the sky, his hunger explaining the lunar phases.
Domains
- moon
- hunting fertility
Powers
- Wax and wane as he hunts his fleeing sister-sun
- drive a dog-sledge abroad to hunt seals when the moon wanes
Relations
- sibling: Malina
Sources
- existence: Rasmussen, Intellectual Culture of the Iglulik Eskimos (1929) (primary); Boas, The Central Eskimo (1888) (primary)
- sun-moon-sibling-chase: Rasmussen (1929) (primary)