μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Sun caught in snare.

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Sun-snarer: burnt mantle. A boy is angered because the sun burned his mantle. He makes a snare and catches the sun and delays him so that everything is burning up. A mouse finally gnaws the snare in twoSun-snarer: fast sun. The sun goes too fast to dry clothing. The hero snares the sun's legs with a rope as he is climbing up from the underworld. He releases the sun upon the promise to go more slowlySun and moon carried through sky by animals. Speed depends upon hour and season

wander