Sun from transformation — Mythoi

Motif

Sun from transformation.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Creation of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A718

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXIV LXIV. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 48 XLVIII. DIRTY-BOY **
Hermetic / Alchemical Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Volume I: Prolegomena , Chapter III: Thoth the Master of Wisdom

Within the index

Filed under Creation of the sun.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Sun from head of youth offered in sacrifice Sun and moon as divine bodies of gods Sun from fruit kernels thrown into water of flood Sun from transformed maggots

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 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 Creation of sun – miscellaneous

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