The constellation
E381 Ghost summoned by weeping
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● on the shelf
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Ghost summoned · E380 entry
keeps company
- Theft of light. Light originally absent is stolen by culture hero · A1411 entry
- 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
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 7