μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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
  • TahltanTeit JAFL XXXII 205.
Within the index

Filed under Origin of night and day.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Night (darkness) in package. ReleasedWhy some nights are dark and some lightPurchase of night. Originally no night. Culture hero goes to distant land and buys it. He introduces sleep, etc. Cock to crow for day. (Cf. B755, J2272.1.)Night caused by deity wrapping himself in dark mantle
Filed beside it
Origin of dayDetermination of night and day. After much discussion, the relative length of these divisions is determinedWhy sun shines on Saturday (Friday)Origin of "yesterday" and "today."Origin of night and day – miscellaneous

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