Raising the sun. Originally low, it is raised little by little by conjurors — Mythoi

Motif

Raising the sun. Originally low, it is raised little by little by conjurors.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Nature and condition of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A727

Filed across the traditions

Cherokee Alexander N. Am. 60
Navaho ibid. 167ff.

Within the index

Filed under Nature and condition of the sun.

1 finer motif beneath it

Sun originally so hot that it threatens all life

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 Chariot of the sun Man controls rising and setting of sun Daily course of sun across sky 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)

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