μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sun kept in box.

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

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Filed across the traditions
  • Siberian Holmberg Siberian 421.
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Filed under Nature and condition of the sun.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Sun and moon kept in pots when they do not shine 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
Filed beside it
Formerly seven suns Formerly great heat of sun causes distress to mankind Sun's night journey. Around or under the earth Boat of the sun Chariot of the sun Man controls rising and setting of sun Daily course of sun across sky Raising the sun. Originally low, it is raised little by little by conjurors Sun caught in snare Sun as king of sky and earth The sun's animals Heat and light of the sun Sun hides Pursuit of sun by moon Sun as human being Causes of eclipses (sun or moon)

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