the Moon
Mixe · deity · Mixe traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
The Moon is one of the two sacred twins at the heart of Mixe mythology, twin to the Sun. In the Mixe origin narratives the pair ascend into the heavens to become the luminaries of day and night; the Moon governs the night and the lunar month. The twinned Sun and Moon are the organising pair of Mixe cosmology, their story among the best-attested of all Mixe myths.
Domains
- moon
- night
Powers
- to light the night and measure the month
Epithets
Relations
- twin sibling: the SunThe Moon is twin to the Sun; together the pair are the sacred twins of Mixe mythology, the lights of night and day.Walter S. Miller, Cuentos Mixes (Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 1956) (secondary); Frank J. Lipp, The Mixe of Oaxaca: Religion, Ritual, and Healing (University of Texas Press, 1991) (secondary)
Sources
- The Moon is one of the two sacred twins central to Mixe mythology, the one who ascends to become the light of night.: Walter S. Miller, Cuentos Mixes (Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 1956) (secondary); Frank J. Lipp, The Mixe of Oaxaca: Religion, Ritual, and Healing (University of Texas Press, 1991) (secondary)