AMKRICAX MUSKl'M CUIDE LEAFLETS 



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ESKiMO GODDESS OF THE SUN. 



I'lonri til'.' p:iiiiti!ifr on the North Wal 



Cupyrnjht IOipH Uy Frank Wilberl Stokf*. 

 CuuritMV at Scribner't Magatine. 



.\;:;iiii>l tin- \i\i<l ;jiil<l mikI ml nf llic cfiitt r nf llic |»;iiiiliiii: is |)(ir- 

 tray«-<l tin- artist's coiicfi)!!*)!! of tin- l"'skiiiio myth «»f tlic "Sim ami tlu' 

 M<M)ii." 'riicr<" is |)nvsciitr»| a ^naiit mira^'c of two fi<;iirt's in full j»iirsuit 

 tlir«ni;;li llic air. Tluvsr fif^iircs arc Aim-iii^-aii-m'li. a inmlrr. ty|>ifviii«:; 

 tlir iiiKoii :iiii| ll•^llt•rill<: ill (In- ion;; winter, ami Siikli-cli-iiiikli. slamliii<; 

 fur tlic Sim, a ^^'cnldrss acc<tiii|)aiiic<l l»y siimmrr ami plenty, .\lin-iiii;- 

 ali-neli is ijressed in winter ^arl» aptl is driving; his team ofdu^'s. 'I'he 

 htwtr ]»arl nf the li^'ure. like the <l<»;^'s and >«led;;e, an- shadowy in the 

 |iaintin;,'. Imt the ii|»|>er part n-aehinj; forward in the chase, the head 

 and the ri;;ht arm w ith its lashinj; whip, stand out stron<; ami dark as the 

 forward part of a ni^'lit cloud that sweeps over the <;lacier-co\(rcd hei^dits. 

 Siikh-1-h-nukh is repre>ented hy a li::iiie imeo\ercd to the waist I the 

 i'^skiino, lioih men and women. «><-casionally strip oil' the upper garments 

 ill ihe siiiniiier sum. She carries in her ri^ht hand an l!->kimo lamp, 

 .shown lis a Hiiii-dn^ or parhelion .such a.s i.s often se<n near ilic hoii/.on 

 at Miriri.Hi* iind .stii;se( in (he Arctic^, .'^he is ,1 part of a ciimiilus sinimier 



