μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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

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

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Bushman Bleek and Lloyd 45
  • Gold Coast Barker and Sinclair 97 No. 18
  • Ekoi Talbot 357, 359
  • Tuamotu Stimson MS (T-g 3/191)
  • S. Am. Indian (Eastern Brazil) Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 434, (Guarayú): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 147, (Kaigua): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 138ff., (Manasi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 393, (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 122, 158–165, (Guaporé River): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 379.
  • general British New Guinea: Dixon 113
Within the index

Filed under Creation of the sun.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Sun and moon as uncle and nephew who ascended to the sky Sun as a cannibal Originally a moon but no sun Originally no sun
Filed beside it
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

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