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
- Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 169 169.— THE HUT IN THE FOEEST.
- Irish Old Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic , Tale 12 VOYAGE OF THE SONS OF O'CORRA.[CLV.]
- Literary Crystallization Ulysses , 13 Nausicaa
- North American Indigenous Zuni Folk Tales , Tale 24
Filed across the traditions
- India Thompson-Balys.
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