μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sun and moon as uncle and nephew who ascended to the sky.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Creation of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A711.1

Cited in the index
  • general Tunja (Colombia): Alexander Lat. Am. 200.
Within the index

Filed under Sun as man who left earth. Man, usually of supernatural birth, ascends to the sky and becomes the sun.

Filed beside it
Sun as a cannibal Originally a moon but no sun Originally no sun

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