The constellation
A721 Sun kept in box
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
- Sun and moon kept in pots when they do not shine · A721.0.1 entry
- Sun shut up in pit · A721.0.2 entry
- Sun kept in a case · A721.0.3 entry
- Theft of sun. The sun, which is kept by a monster, is stolen and brought to earth · A721.1 entry
- Sun swallowed and spit out. In theft of sun, the raven (or devil) thus succeeds · A721.2 entry
- Stolen sun restored to sky · A721.3 entry
- Pale sun made right again by using egg, yellow grass, etc · A721.4 entry
- Sun falls but is lifted back to sky and tied to it · A721.5 entry