Creation of the sky — Mythoi

Motif

Creation of the sky.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · Creation of the heavenly bodies. · view the constellation · filed as A701

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 14, Section LII
Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua) Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated) , Introduction
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 1, Canto 44
Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua) Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated) , Part 1, Chapter 1

Filed across the traditions

Babylonian Spence 79
Hebrew Genesis, ch. 1
Jewish Neuman
Estonian Loorits Grundzüge I 384
India Thompson-Balys
Chinese Graham.

Within the index

Filed under Creation of the heavenly bodies.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Creation of firmament Origin of sky from egg brought from primeval water Origin of sky from Ymir's skull

Filed beside it

Heavenly bodies from objects thrown into sky. The Christ Child throws mud pies into the sky and creates sun, moon, and stars 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 Nature of the sky Angels arrange course of heavenly bodies Origin and nature of clouds

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