μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sky supported by north star ("nail of the north") around which it revolves. (Cf. A665, A774.)

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · Creation of the heavenly bodies. · view the constellation · filed as A702.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Icel. MacCulloch Eddic 335
  • Estonian Loorits Grundzüge I 386. – Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 221. – Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 337.
  • general Gaster Thespis 170
Within the index

Filed under Nature of the sky.

1 finer motif beneath it
Celestial bodies attached to a wheel in heaven around which they move
Filed beside it
Sky of water. The sky consists of water Sky as solid vault (tent) Why the sky is blue Marriage of earth and sky Sky measured by bird Clouds as props of the sky Sky is black because once raised by means of dirty stick Sky immortal, changing skin like a snake
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Support of the sky Origin of the North Star. (Cf. A702.3.)

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