Nightfall in Antarctica

Having flashbacks to a certain very famous short story on finding out that there will be a solar eclipse in Antarctica.

In the middle of summer, when the sun doesn't set.

Then I got a little more serious.

Imagine you live in the far north, above the Arctic circle. You're, say, one of the Sami people, who do range that far north.

And the sun goes out in the middle of summer.

Imagine how scared, not knowing the mechanism, you would be.

Now, what could well hit your brain is "Something ate the sun." Something fast enough to catch the sun. Something like, say, a wolf.

The Sami influenced Norse mythology in a number of ways...no doubt stories exchanged around a campfire in a harsh environment by traders.

So, is the Ragnarok story of the Fenrir wolf eating the sun...actually a folk memory of a solar eclipse in the middle of Arctic summer.

Somebody who has more time can do the math and work out how likely this is, but it seems so, so plausible.

Also Nightfall.