μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sun's night journey. Around or under the earth.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Nature and condition of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A722

Filed across the traditions
  • Armenian Ananikian 50
  • S. Am. Indian (Munderucú) Horton BBAE CXLIII (3) 281.
Within the index

Filed under Nature and condition of the sun.

13 finer motifs beneath it
Sun's night journey in golden goblet. Helios' chariot is conveyed eastward at night in a golden goblet (or bed) Sun's night journey with reversed face. It returns from west to east by the same way that it came, but it turns its light side to the sky and leaves the earth in darkness Sun's night journey: in land of dead Sun at night closes doors. In evening goes home and shuts doors and windows Sun at night lowers arm. The sun, a man, lies with arm uplifted. The shining comes from his armpits. When his arm is lowered the shining ceases Sun hidden at night because afraid to wander Mountain where sun goes through Sun sits on back of a male buffalo At dawn sun comes to play with the moon Sun and moon to remain half their time in underworld Sun worships God by night Visible sun is the "pet" of real sun Sun is man during day
Filed beside it
Formerly seven suns Formerly great heat of sun causes distress to mankind Sun kept in box 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)

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “journey” · wander