μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sun as a cannibal.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Creation of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A711.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • general Crow: Lowie PaAM XV 157.
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 and moon as uncle and nephew who ascended to the sky Originally a moon but no sun Originally no sun

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