Seasons produced by marriage of North and South

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Seasons produced by marriage of North and South.

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Determination of seasons. · view the constellation · filed as A1153

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“The girl was willing, but her parents objected and said, “Ever since you came, the weather has been cold, and if you stay here we may all freeze to death.”’ The North pleaded hard, and said that if they would let him have their daughter he would take her back to his own country, so at last they consented. They were married and he took his bride to his own country, and when she arrived there she found the people all living in ice houses.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 12 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 12 receipt

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. Indian*Thompson Tales 288 n. 61.

Within the index

Filed under Determination of seasons.

Filed beside 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 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

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