Why some nights are dark and some light.
Mythological motifs. · Establishment of natural order. · Origin of night and day. · view the constellation · filed as A1174.2
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 3, Canto 24
- GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 169169.— THE HUT IN THE FOEEST.
- IrishOld Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic, Tale 12VOYAGE OF THE SONS OF O'CORRA.[CLV.]
- Literary CrystallizationUlysses, 13 Nausicaa
- North American IndigenousZuni Folk Tales, Tale 24
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.
- IndiaThompson-Balys.