How the Sun and the Moon Came to Be, 1836 Celestial Map, by Jennifer Angaiak Wood
How the Sun and the Moon Came to Be
Map Origin: The Celestial Atlas by F. V. Hoffmann, Published: Stuttgart, Germany
1836 Celestial, Ursa Major Map
Jennifer Angaiak Wood, Yup'ik
Artist's note: How the Sun and Moon Came To Be
A husband and wife lived together, along with another woman. The wife hated the other woman because her husband sometimes went to her at night. One day, the wife decided it was time for her to leave, so she put on her warm clothes and left. The husband, realizing she had gone, went after her. The wife kept running and the husband kept chasing her. Eventually, the wife saw some lights in the sky and went to them, and she found a village there and she spent some time with the residents. Her husband eventually caught up so she left again, and this continued until the wife created so much heat she became the sun, and her husband became the moon, forever chasing her through the sky.
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