Chariot of the sun — Mythoi

Motif

Chariot of the sun.

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

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Filed across the traditions

Icel. MacCulloch Eddic 198
Babylonian Spence 236
Jewish Neuman
India Thompson-Balys.
general *Helm Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte I 178, 256
general Cook Zeus I 205ff. Greek: Fox 243, cf. A722.1., Grote I 313

Within the index

Filed under Nature and condition of the sun.

2 finer motifs beneath it

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

Filed beside it

Formerly seven suns Formerly great heat of sun causes distress to mankind Sun kept in box Sun's night journey. Around or under the earth Boat 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)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Sun's night journey in golden goblet. Helios' chariot is conveyed eastward at night in a golden goblet (or bed)

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