Sun and moon kept in pots when they do not shine

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Sun and moon kept in pots when they do not shine.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Nature and condition of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A721.0.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general S. Am. Indian (Bakairi, Amazon): Alexander Lat. Am. 313, (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 683. Cf. N. Am. Indian: Thompson Tales 282 n. 45 (light kept in box or basket).

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Sun shut up in pit Sun kept in a case Theft of sun. The sun, which is kept by a monster, is stolen and brought to earth Sun swallowed and spit out. In theft of sun, the raven (or devil) thus succeeds Stolen sun restored to sky Pale sun made right again by using egg, yellow grass, etc Sun falls but is lifted back to sky and tied to it

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