Heavenly bodies from objects thrown into sky. The Christ Child throws mud pies into the sky and creates sun, moon, and stars — Mythoi

Motif

Heavenly bodies from objects thrown into sky. The Christ Child throws mud pies into the sky and creates sun, moon, and stars.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · Creation of the heavenly bodies. · view the constellation · filed as A700.1

Filed across the traditions

Icel. MacCulloch Eddic 325–26.
general *Dh II 78ff.

Within the index

Filed under Creation of the heavenly bodies.

Filed beside it

Heavenly bodies vomited up by creator A woman has four children: sun, moon, fire, and water Heavenly bodies created after the plant world Sun, moon, and stars forged by smith Sun and moon purchased Sun, moon, and stars nourished on fire Sun, moon, and darkness as god's three children Creation of the sky Nature of the sky Angels arrange course of heavenly bodies Origin and nature of clouds

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