μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • ArmenianAnanikian 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 darknessSun's night journey: in land of deadSun at night closes doors. In evening goes home and shuts doors and windowsSun 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 ceasesSun hidden at night because afraid to wanderMountain where sun goes throughSun sits on back of a male buffaloAt dawn sun comes to play with the moonSun and moon to remain half their time in underworldSun worships God by nightVisible sun is the "pet" of real sunSun is man during day
Filed beside it
Formerly seven sunsFormerly great heat of sun causes distress to mankindSun kept in boxBoat 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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