Sun born of first couple

Motif

Sun born of first couple.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Creation of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A715

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 8, Section 87

Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

SamoaBeckwith Myth 254
general Gilbert Is.: Dixon 254
general S. Am. Indian (Tupinamba, Tembé, Apapocuva): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 123, (Jivaro): Stewart-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 627, (Guarani): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93, (Paressi): Métraux ibid. 359, (Viracocha): Stewart-Métraux ibid. 550.

Within the index

Filed under Creation of the sun.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Sun and moon born from a woman Sun and moon born from a goddess impregnated by the wind Sun and moon born from an ogre Sun and moon from breasts of mother earth. (Cf. A401.)Sun as offspring of moon Sun and moon born of lizard

Filed beside 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 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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