Note 293 — SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS (continued 9)

Gaaqgwaah for Gääʹʻgwāā is the name of the orb of the sun. But as its derivation shows that it is the name of anything that is present to view, the word is also applied to the orb of the moon. Strictly used, it requires the limiting term, “daytime,” to denote the sun, and “nighttime,” to denote the moon. So the expressions, “day sun” and “night sun,” which are sometimes heard or seen, are inaccurate, as the word simply means “What is present to view.”