The constellation
A1411 Theft of light. Light originally absent is stolen by culture hero
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● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
keeps company
- Light kept in box (basket). Stolen · A1411.1 entry
- Theft of light by being swallowed and reborn. The hero transforms himself to a particle. The daughter of the guardian of light swallows him as she is drinking water. He is reborn. As a child in the house he steals light · A1411.2 entry
- Theft of fire. Mankind is without fire. A culture hero steals it from the owner · A1415 entry
- Theft of sun. The sun, which is kept by a monster, is stolen and brought to earth · A721.1 entry
- Eclipse caused by monster devouring sun or moon · A737.1 entry
- Theft of moon. Moon is kept by a monster. It is stolen and brought to earth · A758 entry
- Ghost summoned by weeping · E381 entry
Thompson cites
- The Kalevala · Rune XLVII
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 7