Determination of seasons — Mythoi

Motif

Determination of seasons.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Determination of seasons. · view the constellation · filed as A1150

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 11 receipt

Filed across the traditions

Greek Frazer Apollodorus II 87 n. 3 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. XIV
India Thompson-Balys. N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 288 n. 60, (Ojibwa): Jones JAFL XXIX 372, Carson JAFL XXX 493, (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXII 226, 246, (Naskapi): Speck JAFL XXVIII 76.

Within the index

8 finer motifs beneath it

Establishment of times for sowing and reaping Theft of the seasons. Certain seasons are lacking. A culture hero steals the season from a monster and brings it to his people Boneless man turned over to produce seasons Seasons produced by marriage of North and South Genealogy of summer and winter Why days lengthen in spring Why days shorten in autumn: the real sun sets very early because the red cockscomb plant, used to kill his brother sun with, grows to its full height during this time Causes of seasons – deities push sun back and forth at solstices

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Local deluges Theft of the seasons. Certain seasons are lacking. A culture hero steals the season from a monster and brings it to his people Determination of span of life Plant characteristics from tears. (Cf. A2755.3.1, A2755.3.2.) Origin of amber in poplar trees. (Cf. A2731.2.) Origin of gum in myrrh tree. (Cf. A2731.2.) Transformation: man to nightingale Sea produced by magic Cecrops. Body compounded of man and serpent Man marries his aunt (mother's sister) Birth from semen thrown on ground

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