Origin and nature of clouds — Mythoi

Motif

Origin and nature of clouds.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · Creation of the heavenly bodies. · view the constellation · filed as A705

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary Crystallization Masnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets (abridged) , Book 4, Story 6
Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua) Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated) , Part 3, Chapter 2
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 6, Canto 2
Literary Crystallization The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise , Paradise 23
Literary Crystallization The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise , Purgatory 5

Within the index

Filed under Creation of the heavenly bodies.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Origin of clouds Nature of clouds (covered with skin). (Cf. A702.9.)

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 Creation of the sky Nature of the sky Angels arrange course of heavenly bodies

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