A34. The fox and the moon. .14. (.40.) .43.49.50.52.61.65.
Thejackal, coyote, or fox are associated with the moon (usually with the appearance of moonspots).
Matmata (Tunisian Berbers), (Polar Eskimos), Thompson, Luiseño, Juaneño, Cahuilla, Northern Payut, Chemewevi, Diegueño, Mojave, Yuma, Cocopa, Maricopa, Paypai, Pima, Seri, Huichol , cora, tequistlateca, shuar, aguaruna, Lambayeque, northern coast of Peru, dep. Junin (northern Peru), Incas, Aymara.
North Africa. Matmata (sedentary Berber farmers in southern Tunisia) [The raven, seeing the Jackal's Hood, brings him to the sky, who bites off a piece of the moon there; the Raven later throws him off, the Jackal falls into the swamp; falling, promises God to build him a domed mausoleum (qubba) if he stays alive; in the myth, the Jackal bites off one piece, cannot get away from the moon for 28 days, and then bites off the second; each of the pieces bitten off fell into a star; these are two winter stars, six of them (sic!) Ursa Major stars, with six more (actually 7) constellations]: Pâques 1964:186-187.
(Wed. The Arctic. The Polar Eskimos [the girl and her grandmother allow the Month to spend the night with her; he pays with foxes; many foxes cram into the house; some grandma and granddaughter kill, eat; the rest are kicked out]: Kroeber 1899, NO. 27:180).
The coast is the Plateau. Thompson [Coyote seen on the moon]: Ray 1942, no. 4355:189
Big Pool. Northern Payute (Surprise Valley) [say there is a coyote, wolf, frog, rattlesnake on the moon]: Kelly 1932:200; chemewevi [coyote visible on the moon]: Drucker 1937a:27.
The Great Southwest. Luiseño, Juaneño, Cahuilla [coyote visible on the moon]: Drucker 1937a:27; cahuilla [Coyote demands that Moon become his mistress; promises to kill the children she loves otherwise ; at night she goes to heaven; Coyote is still howling at the moon, calling her to come back]: Modesto, Monut 1986:71; diegueño [on the moon coyote]: Drucker 1937a:27; mojave [Coyote jumped to the moon and stayed there]: Kroeber 1972, No. 16b: 85-86; Yuma [copulating with her daughter, the moon, rises to heaven with her]: Harrington 1908:339; cocopa [Coyote died copulating with the moon and stayed on it]: Gifford 1933:308; maricopa [1) Coyote wanted to marry the moon-woman, she refused; 2) Coyote stole something; jumped on the moon and stayed there]: Spier 1933:146; paypai (aquaala) [on the moon coyote ]: Drucker 1941:164; pima [no explanation why]: Drucker 1941:164; Russel 1908:252; series: Olmos Aguilera 2005 [birds and other creatures lived, all jumped to the moon; Coyote was warned don't try to jump, but he crouched, the moon got big, he stayed there, visible in the silhouette of moonspots]: 147; Kroeber 1931, No. 2 [Coyote tried to catch ducks, jumped, they took off, he fell on the moon, where since then seen since]: 12.
NW Mexico. Huichol [painting of colored threads tied to plywood; in the upper part on the left there is a sun in the form of a radiant disc with eyes and mouth, on the right the moon is a larger disk with short rays and a silhouette of a inverted to the left of a coyote standing or walking]: Berrin 1978:67; bark [the first ancestors gathered and fasted for five days; found a boy who was supposed to be the Sun; he was thrown into the fire; the next day It was dawn; they asked each other what the name of the Sun was; they fasted but did not know the name; only one named Rabbit said it was Heat, the Sun; they chased him, he hid in a hole; they bred fire and it burned; the bark is seen on the moon as part (teils) of a rabbit, part of a coyote]: Preuβ 1912, No. 1:143.
Mesoamerica Tequistlateca [the coyote was the moon girl's dog, now he's on the moon]: Carrasco 1960:109.
Western Amazon. Shuar {it is not clear who Kujancham is - a fox (as in Shuar sources) or an opossum (see aguaruna)}: Barrueco 1988 [Kuhancham (Fox) wants to know what the moon is made of; climbs a vine on the sky touches the moon, burns his hands]: 25; Pelizzaro [after his wife Auhu gives him unripe pumpkins, the Month rises to heaven; A. takes the Possum (Fox?) as a lover ; sends him along a vine to heaven to tell the Month to go hunting with his son (they will also make love at that time); The fox burns his hands about the Month] 1961, No. 15:10; 1993:74; Rueda 1987, No. 7 [ The sun gives the Fox (Kujáncham) wings, waxes, tells him not to fly in the sun; K. hurries to his mistress, takes off, the wax melts, he falls; var.: K. also wants to play with the month like a ball burns her hands on him; the Sun curses K., does not give him wings], 20 [K.'s bride says that the Month is beautiful; K. brags that she will defeat him; climbs up the vine to him, burns her hands]: 62-63, 110; Aguaruna: Akutz Nugkai et al. 1977 (2) [Mistress of the Month - Opossum's daughter (Fox?) ; when he comes to her at night, she accidentally touches his face, before staining her hand with the black paint she used to dye her hair; out of shame, the Month rises to heaven, his heel still remains]: 129; Chumap Lucía, García-Rendueles 1979 (1) [The month was as hot as the Sun, falling from the sky; Kuhancham (Opossum, zarigüeya, Dydelphis virginiana) is enough for it show his children; his hand gets hot, he can dry clothes with it; he tries his trap by putting his penis in it; released but his hand cools down]: 206-209 (quail in Ballón Aguirre 1994:38- 40).
The Central Andes. Lambayeque Valley [the young man sees the reflection of the moon in the water; it turns into a beautiful woman; he tries to take possession of it, but she disappears; the Sun punishes him by sealing it forever to the face of the Moon, and turning the earth into a fox; foxes hide in holes from the sun, go out to look at the moon at night]: Toro Montalvo 1989:640-641; coast (more precisely, the area is not specified; central?) : Herrera Gray 1963 in Toro Montalvo 1990a:154 [The fox wants to reach the moon, asks Condor to fix the rope there, climbs it; The parrot laughs, the Fox is offended, screams that the Parrot is ridiculous and heavy, what's wrong go so high; the parrot cuts the rope, the fox falls, asks other foxes to pick it up; the foxes sleep in holes, the fox breaks], 246-248 [The fox tells Skunk he wants to go to the moon; from the moon ordinary and golden ropes hang; the Skunk agrees to climb with the Fox if he gives him gold; halfway through the golden rope becomes normal and turned; the guinea pig descends along the usual towards the Skunk, gnaws on the corn cob, touches the rope, the Skunk falls; all thorny plants grow in this place; skunks have been living in holes since then; the fox does not return to the ground {stays on the moon and Is it visible there?}] ; Tarma (dep. Junin) [The fox wants to climb the moon; asks Condor to tie a rope there; climbs up; the Fox feels like the Parrot is laughing at him; he scolds the Parrot, she cuts off the rope; the Fox asks for a bed blankets, they can't hear him; he falls, breaks]: Vienrich, Adolfo. Tarmapap Racha Huaranin, Fabulas Qyechuas, in Azacenas Quechuas. Tarma, 1906: Impreta "La Aurora de Tarma": 129-131 in Metraux 1935b:408, in Morote Best 1988:68-69, in Toro Montalvo 1990:401-402; Incas: Garcilaso 1974, Vol.III, ch. 23 [spots on the moon appeared, when she held her Fox lover close to her]: 123; Quechua (Cusco region) [the black constellation Fox (one of the spots on the Milky Way) is associated with the moon and the sun]: Urton 1981:70]; aymara [spots on the moon - traces of Fox kisses]: Arnold 1988:9 in Benson 1995:9.