Opening of creator's eyes creates day. (Cf. A0.) — Mythoi

Motif

Opening of creator's eyes creates day. (Cf. A0.)

Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Origin of night and day. · view the constellation · filed as A1171.1

Filed across the traditions

Chinese Werner 78. → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter III

Within the index

Filed under Origin of day.

Filed beside it

Windows in firmament shed light Angels of the day Origin of day: son of the night and the dawn

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Creator with dragon's head Creator with two horns on head Dwarfish creator Creator clothed in bear-skin (or in leaves) Creator with hammer and chisel in hands Creator with sun and moon in hands Creator comes out of chaos Creator offspring of dual powers of nature. (Male and female principles.) Creator's companions: unicorn, phoenix, tortoise, and dragon Creator as ancestor of heaven and earth Creator's death. (Cf. A192.) Creator's works survive him

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