μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • ChineseGraham.
Within the index

Filed under Creation of the heavenly bodies.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Sky of water. The sky consists of waterSky as solid vault (tent)Sky supported by north star ("nail of the north") around which it revolves. (Cf. A665, A774.)Why the sky is blueMarriage of earth and skySky measured by birdClouds as props of the skySky is black because once raised by means of dirty stickSky immortal, changing skin like a snake
Filed beside it
Heavenly bodies from objects thrown into sky. The Christ Child throws mud pies into the sky and creates sun, moon, and starsHeavenly bodies vomited up by creatorA woman has four children: sun, moon, fire, and waterHeavenly bodies created after the plant worldSun, moon, and stars forged by smithSun and moon purchasedSun, moon, and stars nourished on fireSun, moon, and darkness as god's three childrenCreation of the skyAngels arrange course of heavenly bodiesOrigin and nature of clouds

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