Anningan (the Moon Man) vs Tsukuyomi

The brother who became the moon after pursuing his sister, the sun, across the sky; in Iglulik tradition the Moon Spirit also helps angakkuit, watches over hunting and the birth of children, and punishes those who break taboos.

Across the Inuit Arctic the moon is a man and the sun is his sister. The story of how they came to the sky, told in slightly different forms from Greenland to Alaska, begins with a brother who visits his sister in the dark and a sister who discovers who he is; she flees with a burning torch and becomes the sun, and he chases her with a torch that goes out to embers and becomes the moon. His pursuit never ends, which is why the moon follows the sun and sometimes catches her, in an eclipse. The name Anningan, common in English-language books, reflects the Greenlandic Aningaaq; in Iglulik he is Taqqiq, the Moon Spirit.

God of the moon and night. Brother of Amaterasu and Susanoo. Represents night, time, and the lunar cycle. Ruler of the night realm.

Born from Izanagi's right eye during purification. Assigned to rule the night. His relationship with Amaterasu soured when he killed a goddess, causing sun and moon to separate.

**Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto** rules over the night sky and the lunar realm, embodying the beauty and mystery of moonlight. Born alongside Amaterasu and Susanoo from their father Izanagi's purification ritual, Tsukuyomi emerged from the washing of Izanagi's right eye and was entrusted with dominion over the nocturnal world.