PAINTINGS OF GHEES LAS D ESKIMO 



ESKIMO CC 'DON A 



HUN"L : r THE SUN 



Court- - er I M'i'jr: 



cloud that floats near her head. Summer liird- are about her. a long 

 line following from the far away horizon. Two fulmar ^ull> are flying 

 in front of her, and two harp seals are crying to her. the "Mother of 

 the Seal-." from floating ice below, where al-o little Arctic puffins art- 

 ranged in military line. 



The -ion- of the pursuit of the sun by the moon i- a legend widely 

 spread among the Eskimo people. The North Greenland Eskimo 

 believe, a- do ail other Innuit from Alaska to Labrador and Baffin Land, 

 that the sun wa- originally a woman, Sukh-eh-nukh, who in order to 

 escape the unfilial love of her brother, Ahn-ing-ah-neh, fled into the 

 heavens beari g ighted torch. The brother also carrying a I 

 pursued her and wa- transformed into the moon. It i- ! that the 



moon i- forever in love with the sun and - r to overtake her. but 



that since his torch chanced to be a poor one ami he i- frequently 

 i to return to earth to relight it. the sun i- enabled to keep 



