Anningan

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

• Rasmussen, Intellectual Culture of the Iglulik Eskimos (1929)
• Boas, The Central Eskimo (1888)
• Rasmussen (1929)