Beams of light are snares with which sun is tied to earth. Cf. A728

Motif

Beams of light are snares with which sun is tied to earth. Cf. A728.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The sun. · Nature and condition of the sun. · view the constellation · filed as A733.4

Filed across the traditions

Maori Clark 46.

Within the index

Filed under Heat and light of the sun.

Filed beside it

Why sunlight is so much stronger than moonlight Mortal cannot look at sun since God's name is engraved on it Two faces of the sun: fire, directed toward earth; hail, directed toward heaven Sun dries out earth with its heat

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Sun caught in snare

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