μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Boneless man turned over to produce seasons.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Determination of seasons. · view the constellation · filed as A1152

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“For instance, one of these seven visitors was wonderfully enamoured of a fine country, and expressed a de- sire to remain there, and to live long; whereupon, at Glooscap’s direction, Earthquake took him and stood him up, and he be- came a cedar-tree.'® When the wind blew through its boughs, they were bent and broken with great fracas, — making a thunder-storm that rolled far and wide over the country, ac- companied by strong winds,…”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 3 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • N. Am. IndianThompson Tales 276 n. 16.
Within the index

Filed under Determination of seasons.

Filed beside it
Establishment of times for sowing and reapingTheft of the seasons. Certain seasons are lacking. A culture hero steals the season from a monster and brings it to his peopleSeasons produced by marriage of North and SouthGenealogy of summer and winterWhy days lengthen in springWhy 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 timeCauses of seasons – deities push sun back and forth at solstices
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Creator's grandmother. Casually mentioned in the course of the creation mythDivinity's departure for westCulture hero's (divinity's) expected return. Divinity or hero is expected to return at the proper time and rescue his people from their misfortunes. Often joined with A571Tabu: looking into box (Pandora)Magic airshipsMagic canoe. (Cf. D1121.)Canoe made by magicWaters magically divide and closeLove-compelling man sickens of bargain. A man given the power of making all women love him is smothered to death by themRising and falling sky. Sky rises and falls at horizon, giving periodic access to the other worldModesty brings rewardKind and unkind. Churlish person disregards requests of old person (animal) and is punished. Courteous person (often youngest brother or sister) complies and is rewarded

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