Charioteer of the sun. Sun drives his horses and chariot across sky

Motif

Charioteer of the sun. Sun drives his horses and chariot across sky.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Nature and condition of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A724.1

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 16 receipt

Filed across the traditions

Greek Fox 243
Hindu Penzer I 143 n. 2, II 150ff.
general Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 114ff. – Icel. MacCulloch Eddic 196

Within the index

Filed under Chariot of the sun.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Coyote rides with sun Phaëton. Sun entrusts his chariot to another (his son) and the horses run away. The world is almost burnt up Chariot of sun accompanied by angels

Filed beside it

The sun a golden bowl on the rim of which sits a peacock; both bowl and peacock are in a crystal box, which rests on a flying chariot

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