μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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  • SiberianHolmberg Siberian 421.
Within the index

Filed under Nature and condition of the sun.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Sun and moon kept in pots when they do not shineSun shut up in pitSun kept in a caseTheft of sun. The sun, which is kept by a monster, is stolen and brought to earthSun swallowed and spit out. In theft of sun, the raven (or devil) thus succeedsStolen sun restored to skyPale sun made right again by using egg, yellow grass, etcSun falls but is lifted back to sky and tied to it
Filed beside it
Formerly seven sunsFormerly great heat of sun causes distress to mankindSun's night journey. Around or under the earthBoat of the sunChariot of the sunMan controls rising and setting of sunDaily course of sun across skyRaising the sun. Originally low, it is raised little by little by conjurorsSun caught in snareSun as king of sky and earthThe sun's animalsHeat and light of the sunSun hidesPursuit of sun by moonSun as human beingCauses of eclipses (sun or moon)

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