Malina (mythology)

Malina is the sun goddess of the Inuit living on Greenland .

Malina is the sister of the moon god Anningan . When the two were children, they lived together and often played together in the dark. When they grew up, Anningan raped his sister while they were playing in the dark again. In the ensuing fight, an oil lamp fell over and stained Malina's hand with black grease. In an attempt to fight back and push Anningan away, she blackened his face. Fearing Anningan, Malina fled as far as she could into the sky , where she became the sun . From that hour darkness became day. But Anningan did not see the injustice he had committed, pursued Malina, and so he became the moon . Every now and then he manages to catch up with his sister and rape her again. This creates a solar eclipse . Since his face is colored black, Anningan then appears black. He's so busy chasing Malina that he forgets to eat. This is how the Inuit explain the waning moon . This goes on until it can no longer be seen at the new moon . Then he becomes aware of the need to eat again and he gains weight ( waxing moon ).

Malina hates men, just as Anningan hates women. Men therefore do not go out of the house during a solar eclipse, women not during a new moon.

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• Ansgar Walk: How the sun and moon came to the sky , Pendragon Verlag Bielefeld, 2003 ISBN 3-934872-41-7