μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Creation of the sun.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Creation of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A710

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys. – Indonesian: Dixon 177
  • Australian ibid. 275
  • Navaho Alexander N. Am. 166ff.
  • Quileute Farrand JAFL XXXII 254f.
  • Sinkyone Kroeber JAFL XXXII 346f.
  • Tahltan Teit JAFL XXXII 205. – Inca: Alexander Lat. Am. 240
  • Africa (Luba) Donohugh Africa V 180.
  • general *Rühle Sonne und Mond im primitiven Mythus (Tübingen, 1925). Irish myth: Cross
  • general Hopi: ibid. 205
Within the index
9 finer motifs beneath it
Sun as man who left earth. Man, usually of supernatural birth, ascends to the sky and becomes the sun Sun as fire rekindled every morning Sun and moon from cave Sun from object thrown into sky Sun born of first couple Dispute at creation of sun. God and devil discuss creation. God plans two suns; devil persuades him to create only one Hero makes sun and moon from tree and sends them alternately into sky Sun from transformation Creation of sun – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Creation of the moon. (Cf. A710 to A719, where many of the motifs refer to the moon)

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