The constellation
A750 Nature and condition of the moon. Many motifs in A720 to A739 refer to the moon and are not here repeated
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
beneath it
- Man in the moon. A man is said to be seen in the moon. Various explanations are given as to how he came to be there · A751 entry
- Moon as a person · A753 entry
- Moon kept in box. (Cf. A755.1) · A754 entry
- Causes of moon's phases · A755 entry
- Moon as sun's representative at night · A756 entry
- Moon-boat · A757 entry
- Theft of moon. Moon is kept by a monster. It is stolen and brought to earth · A758 entry
- Condition and nature of the moon – miscellaneous. For eclipse of the moon see A737, where both eclipses of the sun and moon are handled · A759 entry
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